Shudder has released a first-look teaser for the upcoming modern-day Lovecraftian horror film Glorious ahead of its World Premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival on July 21st.
Following the Fantasia premiere, the film will be released exclusively on Shudder on August 18th.
Starring Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") and Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Glorious is the latest feature from Rebekah McKendry (All the Creatures Were Stirring).
In the film, "Spiraling out after a bad breakup, Wes (Kwanten) ends up at a remote rest stop miles away from civilization. His situation worsens after he finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure (Simmons) speaking to him from an adjacent stall. As Wes tries to escape, he finds himself an unwilling player in a situation bigger and more terrible than he could possibly imagine..."
With the majority of the film taking place in a rest stop bathroom, Glorious is described as "an intimate indie horror full of twists and unimaginable turns that boasts one of the most jaw-dropping roles of Simmons' career. Psychedelic, comedic, overwhelmingly messy, and surprisingly emotionally, Glorious has all the makings of a future cult hit."
"Glorious speaks to my adoration of Lovecraft, gore, absurdist humor, philosophy, and the type of transgressive movies that leave you thinking I can’t believe I just saw that," says McKendry. "It is a wild mix of horror, humor, and heady moralistic concepts about our own existential realizations of who we really are, forcing each of us to stare into our personal abyss. And sometimes, the abyss stares back... and maybe has a favor to ask."
Written by Todd Rigney, Joshua Hull, and David Ian McKendry. AMP International’s Bob Portal and Inderpal Singh serve as producers along with Joe Wicker and Morgan Peter Brown from Fallback Plan Productions, Jason Scott Goldberg and Christian Armogida.
Check out the teaser trailer and poster below.
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