Up next from Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones, The Devil’s Candy, Dangerous Animals) is serial killer movie The Mannequin, THR reports this morning.
Oscar winner Melissa Leo (upcoming horror movie Passenger) will star in The Mannequin.
Sean Byrne’s The Mannequin is described as “a serial killer procedural” by The Hollywood Reporter, as well as “an original, violent and blistering high-stakes thriller.”
The film comes from Studiocanal’s genre label Sixth Dimension.
“After wading through bloodied waters together on Dangerous Animals, I’m thrilled to be alongside my friends at Studiocanal’s Sixth Dimension,” writer and director Sean Byrne said in a statement. “I can’t wait to unleash The Mannequin on the big screen.”
“There have been other serial killer procedurals, but this is its own thrillingly deranged beast — twisted, intense, propulsive, and anchored by a fearless performance from Melissa Leo, building to a shocking twist you won’t see coming,” Byrne teases.
“It’ll put you on the edge of your seat and keep you there.”
Sixth Dimension’s Jed Benedict adds, “Nostalgia exists for the best serial killer movies of the noughties for good reason; not only are they brilliantly scary and tense, but they’re meticulously written. With The Mannequin, Sean Byrne has gifted us two unforgettable characters in Charley and Sadie and then thrown them into a fast-escalating nightmare. With the extraordinary Melissa Leo set to star, and a stellar creative team, we at Sixth Dimension can’t wait for audiences to discover Sean’s terrifying manhunt thriller.”
