As a big city tattoo artist with a personal life on the rocks, Johnny Trist's fate is derailed one night after witnessing a grisly murder while closing up shop. Thrust into witness relocation, he finds himself in a depressed, rural town in the middle of nowhere. Appearances deceive as Johnny soon stumbles upon a murderous underworld of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll amidst the lusty nights of a neighborhood aptly named The Sadlands. A new independent thriller starring Ron Andersen, written/directed by Billy Magpie -- coming soon from Light Pollution. Primary photography begins soon in Schuylkill County, PA and Waterbury, CT.