Shout! Studios, the multi-platform entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, was not only behind the remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid, but has also produced a reimagining of Roger Corman’s 1982 cult classic Slumber Party Massacre.
Bloody Disgusting has scored the first-ever image from the new take that was directed by Danishka Esterhazy, the filmmaker behind the wild and crazy Banana Splits Movie.
The image was released ahead of Cannes where Raven Banner Entertainment has been tapped as Shout!’s international sales partner. The film is already set for a Syfy premiere later this year.
In the new take, “A slumber party turns into a bloodbath when a power drill-wielding psychopath disrupts the fun.”
In the original movie, the killer was a newly-escaped psychotic serial killer.
Hannah Gonera (Spell), Frances Sholto-Douglas (“Black Mirror”), Mila Rayne, Alex McGregor (Searchers, Blood Drive), and Reze-Tiana Wessels star in this remake.
From a screenplay by Suzanne Keilly (“Ash vs Evil Dead”, Leprechaun Returns), Slumber Party Massacre is produced in partnership with Blue Ice Pictures, with Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, Jordan Fields and Brent Haynes executive producing.
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