We've been looking forward to the release of What Keeps You Alive since Heather Wixson gave it a four-star review at SXSW, and with the film's US release one month away, IFC Midnight revealed the official red band trailer for the newest movie from Colin Minihan (It Stains the Sands Red, Grave Encounters).

Written and directed by Minihan, What Keeps You Alive stars Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, and Martha MacIsaac. IFC Midnight will release the film in theaters and on VOD platforms beginning August 24th.

Synopsis: "How much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie’s family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules’ normally loving wife, as Jackie (if that even is her real name) begins to reveal a previously unknown dark side—all building up to a shocking revelation that will pit Jules against the woman she loves most in a terrifying fight to survive. Defying expectations at every turn, Director Colin Minihan delivers a nerve-twisting cat and mouse thriller built around a shattering tale of heartbreak and betrayal."

Red band trailer:

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    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    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.