William Brent Bell, the filmmaker behind The Devil Inside, The Boy, Brahms, and the forthcoming Orphan prequel, has just started filming his contemporary folk horror Lord of Misrule, which began development some two years ago, reports Deadline.
“The film is set in a rural English village and film follows Rebecca Holland who has recently taken over the parish church. When her young daughter goes missing at a winter festival, villagers and local police join in the desperate search. However, the closer they edge towards finding the girl, the more secrets emerge from the town’s dark past; soon Rebecca must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to rescue her daughter from the grip of evil.”
Tom de Ville (The Quiet Ones) scripts the project that has echoes of The Wicker Man and sounds inspired by Midsommar.
It stars Tuppence Middleton (“Sense8”, Jupiter Ascending) and The Witch‘s Ralph Ineson (pictured below) star with Matt Stokoe (Outlaw King).
Producers are Deepak Nayar and Nik Bower for Riverstone Pictures (At Eterrnity’s Gate), Jason Newmark and Laurie Cooke for Bigscope Films (Pressure) William Brent Bell for The Machine Room, James Tomlinson, and Alison Brister for REP Productions, which also funded the film alongside BCP Asset Management.
Pic is currently shooting in Hertfordshire, UK.
