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Shudder Acquires Fantasia Festival Horror Film 'Glorious' for August Release


Shudder Acquires Fantasia Festival Horror Film Glorious

Cosmic horrors lurk inside a rest stop bathroom in Rebekah McKendry’s Glorious, which has been picked up by Shudder ahead of its premiere at this summer's Fantasia Festival.


The film will be available exclusively on Shudder in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, August 18th.


Glorious stars Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood", Kindred) and Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash).


In the film, Kwanten plays a young man who is spiraling out of control after a bad breakup. His situation worsens after he finds himself locked inside a rest stop bathroom with a mysterious figure (Simmons) speaking to him from an adjacent stall. As he tries to escape, he realizes he is an unwilling player in a situation bigger and more terrible than he could have imagined.


"With Glorious, Rebekah brings Lovecraftian horror to a place it’s never been seen before: a rest stop men’s room," said Shudder general manager Craig Engler. "She and her all-star cast have created an inventive and original cosmic horror that manages to be both darkly hilarious and profoundly personal."


"For years, I had been searching for a project that would let me show my preferred artistic style - that would let me be absurdist, sardonic, transgressive, and weird. And Glorious gets really f’n weird." added McKendry. "As a diehard horror fan, I’m thrilled Glorious has found a home at Shudder, and I know Shudder fans will find something unique, wild, and thought-provoking lurking inside our rural rest stop bathroom."


Glorious is 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.


Glorious is an AMP/Fallback Plan production, in association with Mississippi-based Eyevox Entertainment, with Rick Moore from Eyevox serving as executive producer, alongside James Norrie and Nina Kolokouri at AMP.


Kwanten, Barbara Crampton, Mark Cartier, Gaba Gavi and Kevin Kale also serve as executive producers, with Jessica Taylor as an associate producer.

The deal was negotiated by AMP International’s James Norrie and Nina Kolokouri on behalf of the filmmakers, and Emily Gotto, VP, Global Acquisitions & Co-Productions on behalf of Shudder.


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