ScreenDaily reports that Paris-based WTFilms has come on as co-producer and international sales agent on Chilean director Patricio Valladares’ Downhill, a low-budget survival thriller.
“Downhill follows a paralegal trapped on a mountain with a killer on a mission to murder a sick man.”
Valladares describes it as “Cliffhanger meets Paranormal Activity by way of David Cronenberg’s old movies.”
The move strengthens WTFilms’ affiliation with cutting-edge low-budget genre after it served as co-producer on Valladares’ English-language remake of his horror film Hidden In The Woods, as well as the upcoming Terry Miles film Even Lambs Have Teeth.
WTFilms co-founder Gregory Chambet his team are developing Downhill with Valladares and Barry Keating. George Von Knorring of Chile’s Too Much Films produces and the film-makers have earmarked the Chilean locations of Termas de Chillan, Santiago and Chillan City.