Earlier this month at the Toronto International Film Festival, Peter Strickland‘s horror film In Fabric world premiered, the film set during a department store’s winter sale where customers – from a lonely divorcee (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) to the wife (Hayley Squires) of a washing machine repairman – end up cursed by a scarlet dress that corrupts their lives.
THR reports today that A24 has acquired In Fabric out of TIFF, grabbing the North American rights to the film. They’re planning a domestic release in 2019.
In Fabric tells the story of a lonely woman, played by Jean-Baptiste who visits a London department store in search of a dress that will transform her life.
“She’s fitted with a perfect, dark red gown that unleashes a malevolent curse and unstoppable evil, threatening everyone that comes into its path.”
Joe Lipsett reviewed In Fabric for us at TIFF, awarding it 4/5 stars and writing that the film “dresses up a simple tale to haunting effect.”
The cast also includes Leo Bill, Julian Barrett, Steve Oram and Gwendoline Christie.
