The Washingtonians
A man who makes a horrifying discovery about the founding fathers of America must protect his family from the murderous loyalist determined to safeguard the volatile secret at all costs in director Peter Medak’s adaptation of a short story by author Bentley Little. Soon after his grandfather’s funeral, Mike (Johnathon Schaech) unearths an artifact that paints the first president of the United States in a troubling new light. According to Mike’s discovery, George Washington was a ravenous cannibal, and his flesh-eating legacy lives on to this very day. Now, as a loyal band of Washingtonians is determined to ensure that they remain well fed, and their secret never gets out. Of course, the best way to do this is by consuming Mike and his family, but this is one feast that the Washingtonians are going to have to fight for., A man discovers a letter in a relative’s trunk which exposes a terrible secret about George Washington and may re-write American history. Was the first President a cannibal?, In “The Washingtonians,” a man (Johnathon Schaech) finds a strange artifact in his late grandmother’s basement that suggests the founding fathers had some dark secrets that could change the face of history. Saul Rubinek. Directed by Peter Medak (“The Changeling”). Schaech co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Chizmar.
