PREVIEW: The Beta Test (18 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jim Cummings (Thunder Road), Virginia Newcomb (The Disinherited), PJ McCabe (The Landlord), Kevin Changaris (The Wolf of Snow Hollow), Olivia Grace Applegate (Song to Song), Jessie Barr (Manhattan Romance), Christian Hillborg (The Throwaways), Malin Barr (Beach House), Jacqueline Doke (Thunder Road), Wilky Lau (Best Wishes)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jim Cummings (Thunder Road), director, writer, editor; PJ McCabe (film debut), director, writer; Natalie Metzger (Werewolves Within), Matt Miller (Beast Beast) and Benjamin Wiessner (The Wolf of Snow Hollow), producers; Jeffrey Campbell Binner (film debut) and Ben Lovett (The Ritual), composers; Kenneth Wales (Shades of Obsession), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Jordan (Cummings), a married Hollywood agent, receives an invitation to an anonymous sexual encounter, which begins to take him down a dark and intense path…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jim Cummings, best known for his micro-budget movie debut Thunder Road, not only stars in but also co-directs and co-writes this unsuspecting horror that’s like Eyes Wide Shut if it took place in the world of Entourage.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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