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‘We Might Hurt Each Other’ – SCREAMBOX Slashes Up Deal for ‘Friday the 13th’-Inspired Slasher
Cinedigm and Bloody Disgusting have slashed up a deal with Reason8 Films for North American rights to the throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) out of the ongoing EFM in Berlin.
The bloody slasher inspired by Friday the 13th with be a SCREAMBOX Original.
The Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims).
Inspired by local legends, Pensive, which premiered in Baltic Competition in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
“Gory and glorious, Pensive is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema”, said Brad Miska, Managing Director of Bloody Disgusting. “Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers took what was great about the era and give it a refreshing lift with the infusion of Eastern European folklore”.
The deals were negotiated by Anna Krupnova, Co-Managing Director of Reason8 Films, and Brandon Hill, Director of Acquisitions of Cinedigm, Steve Davey, Managing Director of BINGO FILMS, 108 MEDIA company and Jesus Rodriguez, director of JUST REAL S.A.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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