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‘Handling the Undead’ Trailer – The Newly Dead Awaken in New Movie from ‘Let The Right One In’ Writer
One of the genre films announced this afternoon for the upcoming Sundance Film Festival is Handling the Undead, based on the novel from writer John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In). Neon unveiled a new trailer ahead of the fest, giving a closer look at families grappling with the sudden awakening of the dead.
A strange phenomena erupts across Oslo, causing a strange spike in electricity that resurrects people who recently died.
The Norwegian film is the feature-length directorial debut of filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl. The horror drama feature is based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Lindqvist co-wrote the script along with the director.
In Handling the Undead: “On a hot summer day in Oslo, the newly dead awaken. Three families faced with loss try to figure out what this resurrection means and if their loved ones really are back.”
Watch the trailer below, which has a moody tone similar to Let The Right One In. It appears that we can expect a similar blend of genres, too, from horror to drama.
Renate Reinsve stars alongside Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Bahar Pars. Reinsve received international acclaim from her breakout role in Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World. Handling the Undead will reunite the actor with The Worst Person in the World costar Anders Danielsen Lie.
Neon is distributing the film, though no release date has been announced just yet. Expect one to follow soon after the film’s Sundance premiere.
Stay tuned for more details on Handling The Undead as they arrive, and look for Bloody Disgusting’s coverage of Sundance when the festival kicks off next month.
NEON has been absolutely slaying the marketing game for their horror output this year, and they’re kicking the Longlegs campaign into high gear with one more month until release.
A cryptic ad in The Seattle Times today (seen below) has led clever horror fans to discover TheBirthdayMurders.net, the brand new official viral marketing website for Longlegs.
The in-universe website details the victims of the serial killer known as Longlegs (Nicolas Cage), described as a “Satan-worshipping psycho” who has terrorized families throughout the Pacific Northwest for nearly three decades.
The website details, “A bloody trail of bodies here in the great state of Oregon attests to the depraved savagery of this one-of-a-kind serial killer. With over three dozen victims that we know of, LONGLEGS is one of the most prolific mass murderers ever to have graced the region, and his gruesome endeavors are the stuff of nightmares. At first, all of the killings appeared to be straightforward murder-suicides: the handiwork of average men who suddenly snapped and slaughtered their wives and children. But a series of eerie coded messages left at the crime scenes indicate that someone – or something – is influencing these horrific crimes. The cryptic letters are signed by someone calling himself LONGLEGS.”
“With thirty-eight kills to his name, LONGLEGS has torn apart the lives of eleven different families throughout the Beaver State. His victims were good people: honest fathers, decent mothers, innocent little children.”
The website is loaded with secrets, clues, and gruesome (faux) crime scene photos, and you might even find a mention of yours truly nestled in there. Poke around. Stay a while.
Longlegs arrives in theaters July 12.
The upcoming serial killer horror movie marks the return of director Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel). Nicolas Cage stars alongside Maika Monroe, with Monroe playing an FBI agent and Cage playing a serial killer.
In the film, “FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe) is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Cage). As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
The film is rated “R” for “Bloody violence, disturbing images and some language.”
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