Leisure Squad, the boutique distribution firm based by Shaked Berenson, has acquired worldwide rights to the psychological thriller The Unraveling from AZ If Productions and can launch the film on Oct. 8 underneath its style label The Horror Collective.
The corporate will convey the movie to English-speaking territories, dealing with its launch within the U.S., Canada, the U.Okay. and Eire itself, and dealing with its associate Radioactive Footage on the discharge in Australia and New Zealand, whereas promoting the rights to the movie in different nations.
Directed by Kd Amond, The Unraveling is a follow-up to Amond’s film Faye, which the corporate says was “America’s first one-woman feature-length horror movie.” On each initiatives, Amond collaborated with Sarah Zanotti who’s the co-writer and lead actor of each movies. The Unraveling additionally stars Sam Brooks (Netflix’s Concern Road trilogy, CW’s Stargirl).
“The Unraveling presents a chilling and deeply emotional exploration of trauma, paranoia, guilt, and love, by way of the lens of horror,” in keeping with an outline. It follows a lady who, after struggling a traumatic mind damage from a automobile accident, turns into satisfied that her husband has been changed by an impostor. Haunted by a grotesque presence and mysterious telephone calls from somebody claiming to be the “actual’ husband, she is thrust right into a nightmare the place she should navigate a labyrinth of worry, deception, and her personal fragile sanity.”
Leisure Squad CEO Shaked Berenson lauded the film, saying: “The Unraveling combines psychological horror with a poignant narrative, creating a movie that’s each terrifying and deeply transferring.”
Amond mentioned, “We aimed to discover the darkish and infrequently ignored facets of trauma and its results on the human psyche,” including: “There are non secular undertones all through the movie as effectively, Sarah and I usually incorporate these themes.” Zanotti herself defined: “The Unraveling is a few lady who’s coming to phrases with the horrifying penalties of denial.”
Leisure Squad might be launching worldwide gross sales for The Unraveling on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant.