West Virginia Thriller ‘Down River’ Official Trailer with Jody Thompson

by Alex Billington
November 26, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Something is seriously wrong… I’ve never seen him like this before.” Quiver has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Down River, a small town thriller made by a group of filmmakers and actors. This is premiering on VOD starting in early December this fall. It’s set in West Virginia, though filmed mostly in Georgia. A small-town sheriff and his deputy are drawn to an abandoned farmhouse deep in the coal-mining mountains of southern West Virginia to investigate a crime. Their investigation uncovers dark secrets that endanger both the town and the sheriff’s grip on reality. As they dig deeper, buried secrets and fragmented clues threaten to tear the town apart. Down River stars Jody Thompson and Randy McDowell, along with Ashley Sutton, Bethany Anne Lind, Lori Beth Sikes, & Mark Ashworth. Looks like yet another small town thriller where the dark sides of all the locals explode into chaos once someone starts finding out.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Brian Barnard & Tommy Walton’s film Down River, via YouTube:

A small-town sheriff and his deputy (Jody Thompson and Randy McDowell) are drawn to an abandoned farmhouse deep in the coal-mining mountains of southern West Virginia to investigate a crime. As they dig deeper, buried secrets and fragmented clues threaten to tear the town-and the sheriff’s sanity-apart. Down River is co-directed by filmmakers Brian Barnard & Tommy Walton (also director of the film Still Today) making their first feature together. The screenplay is by lead actors Jody Thompson and Randy McDowell. Produced by Brian Barnard, Tommy Walton, Randy McDowell, Jody Thompson, Stelio Savante. This hasn’t premiered at any festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Quiver Distr. will debut Barnard & Walton’s Down River film direct-to-VOD starting December 9th, 2025 coming up. Who wants to watch?

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