Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter is teaming up with Blumhouse and Netflix for his feature film directorial debut, This Beast, a horror film about an 18th-century village plagued by a deadly creature.
Below, we have additional details on This Beast, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates.
Jason Blum will produce for Blumhouse with Carla Hacken who will produce under her banner Paper Pictures
Executive Producers: Blumhouse Television’s Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold
Logline: An 18th century English village is besieged by a mysterious and elusive beast. Dozens of innocents are slaughtered and the mayhem is driven to puritanical heights by religious fanaticism. The impossible task of killing the beast falls to a lowly trapper who promises he can stop the carnage. But for him this hunt is not a professional mission, it’s a deeply personal one.
The idea was inspired by The Beast of Gévaudan. A true story about a mysterious beast that terrorized a French village in the 1760s.
“Bringing my disturbing, familial story sensibility into the Blumhouse world just seemed like something that had to happen. And This Beast is the perfect project for that marriage. And Netflix is the perfect venue for that bloody ceremony,” said Kurt Sutter.
“We’ve long been fans of Kurt and his unparalleled storytelling -- that’s both visceral and packs an emotional punch. We’re excited that Blumhouse is producing his first feature for Netflix," said Jason Blum, CEO and founder of Blumhouse.
[Photo Credit: Above photo courtesy of Kurt Sutter.]
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