Get ready to see a lot more of Samara Weaving.
IFC Films and Shudder have acquired North American rights to Azrael, a new action horror thriller from director E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), which stars Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Femme), according to a report on Deadline.
Written by Simon Barrett (You’re Next), Azrael takes place in a world in which no one speaks, watching as a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael (Weaving) who has escaped their imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, she is to be sacrificed to pacify an evil which resides deep within the surrounding wilderness — but Azrael will stop at nothing to ensure her own freedom and survival.
“AZRAEL is a chilling, heart pounding experience that will grab at your senses start to finish,” said Shudder’s SVP of Acquisitions and Production, Emily Gotto. “We are thrilled to work with these bold and innovative filmmakers to bring E.L. Katz’s distinct vision to theaters, and to Shudder, later this year.”
Added Katz, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to have AZRAEL released by our good friends at Shudder/IFC. Their support of wild, uncompromising genre films is unparalleled. We are so excited to invite all horror fans along for this mysterious, gruesome, hellish, Samara Weaving ass kicking marathon.”
The film is slated to debut in theaters on September 27th. Stay tuned to Horror News Network for more on Azrael.
