Shudder Boards Jenn Wexler’s ’70s Horror Film ‘The Sacrifice Game’ Starring Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Gus Kenworthy & Chloë Levine
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Shudder has come aboard Jenn Wexler’s 1970s supernatural horror film The Sacrifice Game, starring Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Olivia Scott Welch (Fear Street), Gus Kenworthy (American Horror Story: 1984) and Chloë Levine (The OA), which is heading into production next week.
AMC Networks’ premium streamer for genre fare now holds all rights to the film in its territories, with Red Sea Media, Inc. having acquired international rights.Wexler’s second feature following the 2018 horror film The Ranger (which was also distributed by Shudder) is set at a girls’ boarding school over Christmas break, 1971.
It centers on Samantha and Clara, two students staying behind for the holidays, who must survive the night against uninvited visitors.
Derek Johns (The Wolf and the Lion), Laurent Pitre (Under the Banner of Heaven), Madison Baines (1UP) and newcomer Georgia Acken will round out the cast.Wexler and Sean Redlitz wrote the script.
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