PREVIEW: Shut In (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Rainey Qualley (Falcon Song), Jake Horowitz (The Vast of Night), Luciana VanDette (film debut), Vincent Gallo (The Brown Bunny), Mahboub Hosseinzadeh (Elimination Game), Aidan Steimer (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

D.J. Caruso (Disturbia), director; Melanie Toast (film debut), writer; Amanda Presmyk (Run Hide Fight) and Dallas Sonnier (Dragged Across Concrete), producers; Mondo Boys (She Dies Tomorrow), composers; Akis Konstantakopoulos (Land of Leopold), cinematographer; Jim Page (I Am Number Four), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Jessica (Qualley), a young mother fixing up her old house to sell, finds herself locked inside a closet by her ex-boyfriend Rob (Horowirz) and his sinister friend Sammy (Gallo). Now, Jessica must find a way to escape her confined space before any harm can come to her young children…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Director D.J. Caruso returns to his gritter roots with this grimy and intense thriller that boasts some noteworthy turns by Rainey Qualley and Vincent Gallo.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 30TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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