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Kirby Johnson, Omar Sharif Jr, Simon Roszak Join Body Horror Thriller ‘Snare’ [Exclusive]
Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned that Kirby Johnson (The Possession of Hannah Grace), Omar Sharif Jr. (“Beauty and the Baker”), and rising newcomer Simon Roszak have been cast in Snare.
The psychological body horror thriller is written and directed by Adam Hoelzel (Beast of Burden) and Sonja O’Hara (“Doomsday”).
O’Hara, Marissa Bode (Wicked), and Greg Tarzan Davis (Top Gun: Maverick) star. The cast also includes Brendan Sokler, Stephen Ellis, and Tracey Buckner.
Echoing the provocative terror of The Substance, the film follows a mycologist who experiments on herself to escape a destructive romance — only to trigger a nightmarish unraveling of identity, desire, and the body.
O’Hara stars as Ro, a mushroom expert who falls into a love triangle that spirals into obsession. Bode plays Greta Mills, her ambitious research partner who unwittingly becomes entangled in the violent conflict.
Johnson cameos as Persimmon, an eccentric young nurse inspired by 1970s Sissy Spacek. Sharif Jr. plays Jones, a mourning widower who runs a mysterious self-help group. Roszak plays Hunter Poole, a tech-brained antihero whose unsettling calm challenges Greta.
For O’Hara, the writing process proved deeply cathartic, shaped by her experience as a young breast cancer survivor.
“Body horror isn’t just metaphor for me — it’s memory,” says O’Hara. “It’s not just about watching a body mutate, but remembering when yours did. The surgeries, the chemicals, the scars — they’re all real-life special effects. This isn’t escapism. It’s confrontation.”
The film is produced by MARS via Besties Make Movies and Corey Moosa (Margin Call, Banshee Chapter) through Group of Ferrets, co-led by Michael K. Dwyer and David Hopwood.
Executive producers include Bode, Sharif Jr., Calvin Roszak, Garrett Recker, Jeffrey Weber, Raechel Zarzynski, Craig Coffman, Anthony DiMieri, Aaron Millar, and Nikki Skelly.
Supported by the Tribeca Film Festival’s Vital Stories Lab, Snare will enter production this month in Los Angeles.
Kirby Johnson by Gregory Wallace / Omar Sharif Jr. by Michael Collopy / Simon Roszak by Sean Henderson
A hospital stay grows more nerve-frazzling when memory loss distorts reality in our exclusive clip from This Tempting Madness, inspired by a true story.
The mind-bending psychological thriller will be released in select theaters and on demand on June 12 via Vertical.
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Mia, who awakens from a coma, grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions and her perception of reality.
In This Tempting Madness, “Mia awakens from a coma grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions, and her perception of reality.”
Jennifer E. Montgomery makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with director of photography Andrew Davis, inspired by Montgomery’s first-hand experience with tragedy involving her best friend.
“Months before the incident, there were signals that her world was unraveling,” says Montgomery. “I could feel the pressure building, though I didn’t know what form it would take. I never could have known what violence would come, and I certainly never imagined making a film about it.”
Austin Stowell (“NCIS: Origins”), Suraj Sharma (Happy Death Day 2U), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence), Amol Shah (“For All Mankind”), and Zenobia Shroff (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.
Smoke Jumper Films and Mango Monster Productions produce in association with Catchlight Studios (Heretic, The Blackening).
This Tempting Madness is rated R for “language, violence/bloody images, and brief sexuality.”
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