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Exclusive: ‘John Dies’ Star Joins Adam Wingard Thriller ‘The Guest’
Bloody Disgusting exclusively learned today that John Dies at the End‘s Chase Williamson, pictured, has landed a role in Adam Wingard’s psychological thriller The Guest, now filming in New Mexico.
The thriller, penned by Simon Barrett, also stars Oldboy, “OZ” and “The Fringe’s” Lance Reddick, Brendan Meyer and Dan Stevens.
Stevens (“Downton Abbey”) stars as David, an ex-Marine who returns from a tour of duty and is taken in by a fallen comrade’s family, who he proceeds to terrorize, TheWrap previously reported.
Williamson plays “Zeke”, the boyfriend of Anna Peterson (Maika Monroe). Peterson must save her family from David.
Keith Calder and Jessica Wu of Snoot Entertainment are producing.
Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett are best known for A Horrible Way to Die, V/H/S, V/H/S/2, and Lionsgate’s forthcoming You’re Next.
Norway’s deepest fjord isn’t just unleashing a mythic monster in Kraken, but its monstrous deep sea parasites as well.
Watch our exclusive clip below, which introduces the skittering, skin-crawling aquatic menaces on the attack.
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the Kraken in select theaters and on digital June 12.
Here’s the synopsis: “A marine biologist encounters several strange occurrences while researching a fjord, including the brutal deaths of two local teenagers. At the bottom of Norway’s deepest fjord rests a mythical monster as large as a mountain, with a myriad of arms ready to crush and devour anything they can grab.”
Pål Øie (The Tunnel) directs from a script by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Jelen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur.
Sara Khorami (Troll 2), Mikkel Bratt Silset, Øyvind Brandtzæg, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jon Erik Myre, Hans Morten Hansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, and Filip Bargee Ramberg star.
The behemoth beast from the deep is the latest kaiju-sized aquatic creature harboring a horde of bloodthirsty parasites, joining the likes of Cloverfield and Underwater. Naturally, the Kraken itself serves as the much bigger threat.
It’s also about time that the Kraken received its own feature; though Meg 2: The Trench featured a Kraken-like beast in its climax, the Kraken hasn’t been fully unleashed since Clash of the Titans.
Watch out for the Kraken in limited theaters and on VOD this Friday.