Shudder has lined up a pair of new horror films that are set to premiere at the FrightFest in London later this month.
The streamer acquired Slapface and The Advent Calendar with plans to release the films exclusively in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The Christmas-set The Advent Calendar from writer/director Patrick Ridremont will debut on the service in December 2021 followed by Slapface from writer/director Jeremiah Kipp in 2022.
Details and images are below.
THE ADVENT CALENDAR
“Writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s French horror fantasy is an ornate and elegant chiller.
“Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow Is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her.”
SLAPFACE
“Is there a relationship more special than that of a boy and his monster? After Lucas (August Maturo, The Nun) and Tom (Mike Manning, The Call) lose their mother in an accident, they think they only have each other to lean on. But Lucas has become fascinated by local myths of a monster (Lukas Hassel, The Black Room) in the woods, reciting the rhyme that kids have been repeating for generations whenever he walks by the abandoned hospital. When bullying girls from his school dare him to go inside, the rhyme comes to life and as Lucas’ visits become more frequent, the disappearances begin. But surely the Virago witch would never hurt him?”
Written and directed by Jeremiah Kipp, Slapface won the Audience Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival this year.
