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Carla Gugino and Lou Taylor Pucci to Star in ‘Winthrop’ Based on Cult Podcast ‘Knifepoint Horror’
Gerald’s Game star Carla Gugino is set to star opposite Lou Taylor Pucci (Touch Me, Evil Dead) in Winthrop, a new horror movie based on the cult podcast Knifepoint Horror, per Deadline.
More specifically, Winthrop will adapt the fan-favorite episode “The Lockbox” by writer, creator, and narrator Soren Narnia.
Gugino will star as a woman “who puts her life on the line to protect her troubled, enigmatic cousin, Winthrop (Pucci), who has been targeted and hunted by a powerful supernatural force.”
Daniel Stamm, the director behind horror movies The Last Exorcism and Prey for the Devil, is set to direct from a script by Emmy-winning playwright Justin Yoffe. Production is set to begin this summer in Canada.
In a statement on the project, producer Kearie Peak said, “Winthrop captures the eerie dread that makes ‘Knifepoint Horror’ such a success. Carla Gugino is a perfect fit for the film, bringing a rare intensity and subtlety that aligns perfectly with the silent horror of Winthrop. Beneath the supernatural tension, the film explores how generational trauma festers and twists over time. It’s horror with weight, and it stays with you.”
Knifepoint Horror is a horror anthology podcast that launched in 2010 and has since reached over 10 million downloads across all platforms. The podcast is part of SpectreVision Radio, the podcast network hailing from the American film production company founded by actor Elijah Wood and directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller.
AURA Entertainment will handle Winthrop‘s U.S. theatrical release, with MGM+ handling its streaming and linear debut.
Stay tuned.
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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