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First ‘Slice’ of Pizza-themed Slasher Starring Chance the Rapper
A24, the company behind such genre films as Under the Skin, Tusk, Ex Machina, The Witch, Green Room, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, and more recently It Comes at Night and A Ghost Story, has shared a brand new image from Slice, a new horror slasher that stars Chance the Rapper.
Fellow Chicago native Austin Vesely directs the film that also stars Zazie Beetz, Paul Scheer, and Will Brill (Eyes Of My Mother, “The OA”).
While the previously shared teaser doesn’t reveal anything about the plot, we learned that it follows a pizza delivery driver who is murdered on the job, leaving the city searching for someone to blame: ghosts? drug dealers? a disgraced werewolf?
“It’s a city where ghosts and humans come together; there’s a ghost town and a regular town,” producer Brett Hays said last year during filming. “It just kind pokes fun and has fun with those genres.”
The footage looks pretty gnarly and the fact that A24 would put it in theaters means they have strong confidence in it.
Shot in Joliet, we expect to see this at SXSW before its release.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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