Award winning movie director and writer Henry Chaisson was scouring New England in 2024 to find art for his next film, “Recluse,” which he filmed in Massachusetts last November.
He was born in Newton, Massachusetts and is known for “Servant” (2019), “Antlers” (2021) and the script of “Diary of a Murderer.”
His latest, “Recluse,” was filmed at the Hawthorn Hill Estate in Lancaster, Massachusetts. This 1914 mansion served as the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center that was once famously visited by Beatle George Harrison and was later used for scenes in the movie “Little Women.”
“Recluse” is neither a meditation retreat nor about a close and loving family. Chaison described the film as, “a fusion of gothic ghost tale and revenge thriller, a modern fable about family secrets.” He hopes to present it at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival and release it after that.