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Gory Horror-Comedy ‘Corporate Retreat’ Finds Its Star in Lilly Krug
A team-bonding experience turns deadly in horror-thriller Corporate Retreat from White Noise producer Uri Singer’s Passage Pictures. Deadline reports today that the feature has found its lead in Shattered actor Lilly Krug.
It’s Singer’s description of the film that has us intrigued. The producer told Deadline, “We see Corporate Retreat as a chilling takedown of corporate culture that blends horror and social satire – it’s a gory mix of The Menu and Saw.”
Production is set to begin this June on the feature written and directed by Aaron Fisher (Inside the Rain). Kerri Lee Romeo co-wrote the script.
Corporate Retreat follows “a group of corporate executives from a rising tech company attending a company retreat at a remote desert mansion. The team-bonding trip turns into a blood-soaked competition when the group is trapped in a sadistic game of survival.”
Fisher describes his film as “an exploration of resilience in the face of a hierarchy that cares nothing at all for your wellbeing.”
While the upcoming horror movie may not be the first to satirize the cutthroat nature of the corporate world- see Severance or Corporate Animals as examples- it’s a topic fertile for exploration. Especially of the gory variety.
Stay tuned for additional news on this horror satire as it arrives.
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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