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- 1West Virginia filmmaker turns extraction history into monster movie 'Dark Hollow'●West Virginia filmmaker turns state’s history of extraction into monster movie ‘Dark Hollow’
A West Virginia filmmaker has created 'Dark Hollow', a monster movie rooted in the state's long history of resource extraction, including coal mining and timber. The project frames the environmental and human toll of extractive industry as the basis for its horror story, giving a regional perspective on a genre usually set elsewhere. Local coverage has highlighted the film as an example of Appalachian storytelling drawing on the state's own past.