Ritual
After receiving a distressed phone call, a man arrives at a seedy highway motel and learns that his estranged wife has killed a stranger who is connected to a dangerous cult.
Inside
Miles Berret is ripped awake in his prison cell. Guards rush past Miles’ cell in the dark as he hears gunfire, screaming and then…the horrible, sickening screams of a man being torn apart. Something is loose in the prison, and it’s killing everyone, one by one. Working with Anthony, the inmate who shares a common cell wall, Miles discovers that the thing outside the cell is connected to him – and it’s coming. If he wants to survive the night, he must find a way out. But how…?
Lionsgate Buys A Horror Film, As Is Their ‘Ritual’
Lionsgate has picked up the indie Ritual for US distribution. The film was written and directed by Mickey Keating and stars Derek Phillips (“Friday Night Lights”). In the film, “which begins after receiving a distressed phone call, a man arrives at a seedy highway motel and learns that his estranged wife has killed a stranger who is connected to a dangerous cult.” Lisa Summerscales and Dean Cates also star. Eric B. Fleischman and Chelsea Peters (director of the upcoming The Night Stalkers) produce.
Per Deadline, After Dark Films will handle a few markets as well. The remaining territories of Canada, Germany, Japan and Spain go on the auction block next month at Cannes.
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New, Folded, One Sheet For ‘Ritual’!
Written and directed by Mickey Keating, the Leigh Whannell and Derek Phillips (“Friday Night Lights”) starring Ritual has a new poster. In the film, “which begins after receiving a distressed phone call, a man arrives at a seedy highway motel and learns that his estranged wife has killed a stranger who is connected to a dangerous cult.” Lisa Summerscales and Dean Cates also star. Eric B. Fleischman and Chelsea Peters produce.
Whannell is best known as the star and co-creator of the Saw franchise, as well as writer of Dead Silence and Insidious (which he also starred in).
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Indie
Luke Goss Trapped ‘Inside’ Creature Feature
The Highland Film Group is getting behind Inside, a new creature feature that takes place in a crusty prison. Daryn Tufts directed from his own screenplay, with Luke Goss (Hellboy II, Death Race 2), Paul Rae (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D), Isaac C. Singleton Jr. (Planet of the Apes) and Derek Phillips (“Friday Night Lights”) all starring.
“Miles Berret is ripped awake in his prison cell. Guards rush past Miles cell in the dark as he hears gunfire, screaming and then… the horrible, sickening screams of a man being torn apart. Something is loose in the prison, and it’s killing everyone, one by one. Working with Anthony, the inmate who shares a common cell wall, Miles discovers that the thing outside the cell is connected to him – and it’s coming. If he wants to survive the night, he must find a way out. But how…?”
The pic is now in production.
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