One of my all-time favorite film festival experiences was seeing Xavier Gens’ Frontier(s) twice at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie was a blast from the past, an action-packed gore-fest that was inspired by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Gens, who also helmed The Divide, is returning to horror with the thriller The Crucifixion, which was penned by The Conjuring writers Chad and Carey Hayes.

Bloody Disgusting not only has the exclusive trailer premiere but also learned that it will be releasing in theaters and On Demand platforms October 6, 2017, through Lionsgate. The footage is pretty wild and takes a different approach to possession: transference. This demon jumps from body to body throughout the film, sorta like what Jason Voorhees did in Jason Goes to Hell.

Inspired by true events, “When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.” Sophie Cookson (Kingsman) stars with Brittany Ashworth.

The film premiered at last October’s Screamfest Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Peter Safran (Annabelle, The Conjuring) and the Hayes brothers produced The Crucifixion, with Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, D.J. Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian executive producing.