Oscilloscope Laboratories’ The Alchemist Cookbook has confirmed a release date of October 7th and will be utilizing BitTorrent Now‘s Pay-What-You-Wish platform, which allows viewers to part with however much they determine a product is worth.

Director Joel Potrykus has written a blog post about his decision to go down this avenue, stating, “I’m no Radiohead, I’m no Girl Talk. I’m no Ti West, even. So, we’ll see how this goes. This experiment may fail. Maybe only ten people will download it, and only two of them pay. But I figure if I’m taking creative risks in my storytelling and actively trying to challenge the audience, I may as well take some risks and challenge the traditions in distribution.”

Young outcast Sean has isolated himself in a trailer in the woods, setting out on alchemic pursuits, with his cat Kaspar as his sole companion. Filled with disdain for authority, he’s fled the daily grind and holed up in the wilderness, escaping a society that has no place for him. But when he turns from chemistry to black magic to crack nature’s secret, things go awry and he awakens something far more sinister and dangerous.

The film stars Ty Hickson and Amari Cheatom.