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Mickey Rourke Stops ‘Unhinged’ Patient From Mass Murder

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7 years ago

March 3, 2017

Angel Hearts Mickey Rourke is returning to horror, only this time he’ll play the film’s protagonist.

Rourke has been cast as the lead in Unhinged, a supernatural horror movie to be directed by Mark Atkins (Haunting Of Winchester House), Deadline reports.

Rourke, the Oscar nominee for The Wrestler, will play Dr. Elder, a prominent psychiatrist at a state-run hospital who wrestles with madness and a dark supernatural force as he races to stop an escaped patient from butchering five people held hostage in a remote house.

Ian Holt, who co-authored Dracula: The Undead, the 2009 sequel to Bram Stroker’s “Dracula”, penned the screenplay.

The indie from Archstone Entertainment and Alt House Productions is set to begin shooting in July in Los Angeles.

Sales for Unhinged will kick off at the Cannes film market in May and will screen at the American Film Market.

Related Topics:Mark Atkins Mickey Rourke Unhinged

Brad Miska

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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Dan Stevens and Al Pacino Starring in Exorcism Horror Movie ‘The Ritual’

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2 mins ago

April 23, 2024

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Pictured: Dan Stevens in 'The Guest'

Dan Stevens is everywhere lately, from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to Abigail and the upcoming Cuckoo. We’re not complaining. Up next? He’s starring in horror movie The Ritual.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens have both joined the cast of the upcoming exorcism horror movie from XYZ Films and director David Midell, Variety reports this afternoon.

Based on a true story, the film “follows two priests — one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) — who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.”

Variety details, “The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms. Her case remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history.”

David Midell and Enrico Natale wrote the screenplay for The Ritual.

XYZ Films is planning to release the horror film theatrically in 2025.