Haunter screened earlier this year at SXSW and was acquired by IFC for US distribution. We now have a release date and poster, along with the official Hautner trailer.
"Lisa Johnson is one day shy of her sixteenth birthday. And she will be forever. She and her family are dead and doomed to repeat that fateful last day before they were all killed in 1985. Only Lisa has “woken up” and realizes what is going on. She starts to feel as if she is being haunted, but the “ghost” turns out to be Olivia, a very much alive girl who lives in the house in the present day with her own family. With her help, Lisa discovers that the house once belonged to a serial killer who kidnapped teenage girls and burned their remains in a hidden furnace room. When he died, he became a Haunter - a powerful, evil spirit able to possess the living."
Haunter was directed by Vincenzo Natali and stars Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden, and David Hewlett. The movie will be given a US theatrical release on October 18th, but we expect it to be more of a limited release, with a VOD and Blu-ray/DVD release to follow quickly after. For those living outside of the US, Entertainment One will release the movie in Canada, and StudioCanal has picked up UK distribution rights.