Vampires of the Velvet Lounge will sink its fangs into select theaters on March 20 via Strand Releasing, Variety has learned.
Inspired by the legend of Elizabeth Báthory, the horror-comedy follows a glamorous coven of vampires in the deep south who prey on lonely singles found through dating apps, seducing and slaughtering them to preserve their youth.
But when they swipe right on the wrong profiles — a cunning undercover vampire hunter and a band of emotionally stunted bros — the hunt spirals into hilariously horrifying chaos.
Blood flies, fangs pierce flesh and the bar erupts into a glitter-soaked, green fairy-winged, fang-filled fever dream of grindhouse gore, terrible decisions and fashionably fatal carnage.
Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Dichen Lachman (“Severance”), Stephen Dorff (Blade), India Eisley (Underworld: Awakening), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), and Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious franchise) lead the star-studded cast.
Wristcutters: A Love Story producer Adam Sherman writes and directs.
“This is a vampire story inspired by the chilling, lesser-known legend of Elizabeth Báthory, the 16th-century Hungarian countess rumored to bathe in the blood of virgins to stay young,” said Sherman. “I set out to make the kind of horror film I loved growing up, one that’s wild, disturbing, darkly funny and made for the big screen.”
“Adam Sherman is exactly the kind of filmmaker we love to champion—bold, original and fearless,” added Strand Releasing co-president Marcus Hu. “His ability to fuse horror, satire, black comedy, mystery, with propulsive style and action is truly distinctive.”
Stay tuned for a trailer.
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