Triangle, Black Death, and The Banishing director Christopher Smith returns to horror once more with upcoming supernatural thriller Consecration.
Per Variety, IFC Midnight and Shudder have acquired North American rights to the film. IFC Midnight will release the film in theaters in 2023 with Shudder subsequently taking the first streaming window exclusively.
Consecration stars Jena Malone (The Ruins), Danny Huston (30 Days of Night, “American Horror Story”), and Janet Suzman. Smith co-wrote the script with The Banishing producer Laurie Cook.
In Consecration, “Grace (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what was behind the suspicious death of her brother, a priest. She is initially helped by Father Romero (Huston), but she soon comes to distrust the account of the church as she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.”
Arianna Bocco, president of IFC Films, said in a statement, “Christopher Smith is the premiere contemporary genre filmmaker working today. He is a true original, and we’re thrilled to finally work with him at IFC Films and Shudder. We could not be more excited to be back in business with Stuart and the team at AGC Studios.”
Previously, Smith described the project as “a film about the nature of religion and how defining one thing as divine creates a false opposite that is heretical.”
He added: “This film is an opportunity to take the audience on a thrilling journey into the dark unknown, and I want to really push that to the limit both in terms of scares and the psychology of the main characters. …I want Consecration to be the scariest yet.”
The Banishing also explored religious horror, so it’ll be interesting to see how Smith furthers those themes with his latest.
Look for Consecration in 2023.
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