EFM kicks off with Starve Acre, a brand new folk horror film that will topline Saint Maud breakout Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith, who starred in Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho and will appear in Marvel’s Morbius this April, Deadline reports.
“Starve Acre follows Richard and Juliette, whose seemingly idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers, while Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace.”
The supernatural horror film will be directed by BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo.
The brooding horror film, which is adapted from an Andrew Michael Hurley novel and will enter production in the Spring.
Cornerstone is handling world sales and will launch at next month’s European Film Market.
Matt Smith stars as Jack in Edgar Wright’s LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, a Focus Features release. Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh / © 2021 Focus Features, LLC
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