Cinedigm has obtained all North American legal rights to the Japanese sci-fi horror film “New Religion.”
“New Religion” is a surrealist human body horror movie penned, directed and created by initial-time characteristic filmmaker Kondo Keishi. It stars Seto Kaho, Nunami Daiki, Oka Satoshi and Ryuseigun Saionji.
Soon after her daughter’s loss of life, divorced Miyabi starts working as a simply call lady. One day, she satisfies an unsettling client who wishes to just take pics of her overall body sections. Soon, she realizes that each individual time she will allow her body to be photographed her daughter’s spirit will get nearer. She should come to a decision how far she is keen to go to connect with her daughter once again.
“New Religion” had its North American premiere previous thirty day period at the Slamdance Film Competition and was nominated for very best narrative characteristic. It previously screened at festivals all over the environment which includes its planet premiere at Arrow Video clip Frightfest, the Osaka Asian Movie Competition, the Warsaw International Movie Festival and the Lisbon Worldwide Horror Film Festival.
Cinedigm plans to release “New Religion” later this yr on its horror streaming platform, Screambox, which is backed by its Bloody Disgusting device, and to brand the movie as a Screambox Unique.
“Kondo has demonstrated large ambition for his 1st aspect in creating this haunting system horror film,” reported Brad Miska, MD of Cinedigm-Bloody Disgusting. “His unrelenting storytelling and one particular-of a form cinematography will make him a person to observe for Screambox admirers.”
The deal was negotiated by Brandon Hill, director of acquisitions at Cinedigm, and Matteo Lovadina, CEO of Reel Suspects, on behalf of the filmmakers.
Indie film, “Terrifier 2” lately gave Screambox a big boost. Generated by Bloody Disgusting on a $250,000 price range, the shock box workplace hit produced over $10 million pounds in theaters. The announcement that Screambox would develop into the formal streaming dwelling of “Terrifier 2,” boosted the platform’s subscriber base by 144{835de6664969b5e2b6c055b582ef3cf063416af730213b9aba3a0f9f5e47a307} in the two weeks subsequent its debut.
Far more broadly, Screambox options a blend of content for casual and die-tough horror lovers. The provider is refreshed regular with content material from the company’s comprehensive style library throughout a vary of horror sub-genres: supernatural, slashers and zombies. The platform currently capabilities vintage horror movies like “Slumber Party Massacre,” “House on Haunted Hill,” blockbuster indies “The Outwaters” and “Terrifier 2” as very well as collection “The Island” and “Master of Horror.”
The platform just lately obtained legal rights to the docuseries “RoboDoc: The Generation of RoboCop” and the documentary film “Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story.”
