PREVIEW: A Classic Horror Story (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Matilda Lutz (Revenge), Will Merrick (Modern Life Is Rubbish), Yuliia Sobol (Children of the Night), Justin Korovkin (Bad Tales), Peppino Mazzotta (We Believed), Cristina Donadio (Chimera), Francesco Russo (Tuttapposto), Alida Baldari Calabria (Dogman)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Roberto De Feo (Ice Scream) and Paolo Strippoli (film debut), directors, writers; David Bellini (The Nest), Lucio Besana (The Nest) and Milo Tissone (film debut), writers; Iginio Straffi (Gladiators of Rome), Maurizio Totti (I’m Not Scared) and Alessandro Usai (I Am Love), producers; Massimiliano Mechelli (In the Trap), composer; Emanuele Pasquet (Worldly Girl), cinematographer; Federico Palmerini (Mingong), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Five strangers carpool in a motorhome towards a common destination, but at night they end up crashing in the middle of nowhere. Surrounding them is a dense, impenetrable forest where they eventually find a wooden house, which they quickly discover is the home of a terrifying cult…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Giallo horror cinema makes a mainstream comeback in the form of this mysterious Italian chiller, which is said to be the unholy cross between Midsommar and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 14TH JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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