Three young ladies enter a supposedly secluded mansion to celebrate Christmas Eve in style, but their carefree cheer gives way to holiday horror when they realize they're not alone in Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s Body, which has just been acquired for North American distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories:
Press Release -- "(New York, NY) April 22, 2015 — Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s Body, the critically acclaimed thriller, which first premiered at The Slamdance Film Festival and most recently played in competition at the Florida Film Festival. It will next be seen in early May at the esteemed genre showcase The Stanley Film Festival. Oscilloscope plans a theatrical and digital release later this year.
A darkly funny and twisted journey taking place entirely on one unforgettable Christmas Eve, Body revolves around a trio of college co-eds whose dalliance with breaking-and- entering goes horribly awry. Sneaking off to a secluded mansion to party, the young girls are faced with dire choices after they unexpectedly encounter the property’s groundskeeper. Following a freak accident, the girls find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian nightmare steeped in tension, suspicion, double-crossing, and murder, where no one is to be trusted and a new twist lies around every corner.
The film stars up-and-coming actresses Helen Rogers, Alexanadra Turshen, and Lauren Molina, and features genre and indie film stalwart Larry Fessenden in the titular role.
About the acquisition, O-Scope’s Dan Berger and David Laub said, “Body is an absolutely wonderful discovery—an incredibly clever, resourceful thriller that crafts excitement, tension, and piquant black humor out of the most basic of setups—three girls, a house, and a body at the foot of the stairs. Dan Berk and Robert Olsen are major new filmmaking talents, and we are thrilled to be bringing their debut feature out into the world.”
Filmmakers Dan Berk and Robert Olsen said, “We're honored and excited to have found a partner in Oscilloscope. Their brand and approach to distribution are really in line with how we always envisioned bringing our movie to audiences. They're the perfect home for BODY."
The deal was negotiated by Marc Bortz of Preferred Content on behalf of the filmmakers at the Tribeca Film Festival."
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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