PREVIEW: Vicious Fun (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Evan Marsh (Shazam!), Amber Goldfarb (Venus), Ari Millen (The Oak Room), Julian Richings (Being Julia), Robert Maillet (Pacific Rim), Sean Baek (Kissed by Lightning), David Koechner (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Alexa Rose Steele (Wildflower), Kristopher Bowman (First Round Down), Mark Gibson (Exit Humanity), John Fray (The Silence), Joe Bostick (Lars and the Real Girl), Kameron Louangxay (16 Blocks), Earl ‘Bubba’ McLean Jr. (Rabid), Craig Brown (Your Money or Your Wife), Darryl Hinds (film debut), Gord Rand (The Cry of the Owl), Joanne Jansen (Haphead)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Cody Calahan (The Oak Room), director, producer; James Villeneuve (film debut), writer; Chad Archibald (Antisocial), producer; Steph Copeland (The Drownsman), composer; Jeff Maher (Monkey in the Middle), cinematographer; Mike Gallant (The Duchess of Cancun), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Joel (Marsh), a 1980s film critic for a horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for dangerous serial killers. Now, Joel must blend in with his deranged surroundings, or else risk becoming their latest victim…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Cody Calahan, the director of the recent stand-out indie The Oak Room, dives deep into 80s-style horror with this fun and, indeed, vicious homage to slasher movies of the decade and their larger-than-life villains.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

TUESDAY 29TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SHUDDER – GET YOUR FREE 7-DAY TRIAL NOW WITH AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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