A few friends looking to kill some time with a board game may end up killing each other when they discover that the game has life-or-death stakes in the trailer for Rockzeline and Blackpills' Game of Death, premiering this week at the SXSW Film Festival.

Watcg the blood-drenched trailer below, and check out our continued coverage live from the SXSW Film Festival.

"Canadian directors Laurence “Baz” Morais and Sebastien Landry’s Game of Death takes board game horror to an entirely new level. Game of Death takes place in the middle of small-town nowhere where seven friends are forced to kill or be killed when they play the “Game of Death”. When faced with their own mortality, will they turn on each other to survive?​ Originally shot as a digitial series - assembled for SXSW as a feature, Game of Death will have it's digital release two weeks following the festival.

Produced by Antoine Disle and Mathias Bernard of Rockzeline (www.rockzeline.com), Pierre-Alexandre Bouchard Philip Kalin-Hajdu of La Guerilla and Blackpills.

WORLD PREMIERE and Screenings:
Tues. March 14, 11:45pm @ ALAMO RITZ, 320 E. 6th St. (world premiere)
Friday, March 17, 7:00pm @ STATESIDE THEATER"

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