By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The Portuguese fright film from the director of DIAMANTINO is headed for U.S. release.
Magnet Releasing will bring AMELIA’S CHILDREN to theaters and VOD March 1. Written and directed by Gabriel Abrantes, it stars Brigette Lundy-Paine, Carloto Cotta, Alba Baptista, Anabela Moreira and Rita Blanco. The synopsis: When Edward’s [Cotta] search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Riley [Lundy-Paine] to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin brother. Finally, he will discover who he is and where he comes from. But nothing is as it seems, and Edward will soon learn that he is linked to them by a monstrous secret.”