By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The movie looks to hit streaming in time for its namesake holiday.
Shudder has announced its acquisition of HALLOWARRIOR for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and will debuit the movie this fall. The movie, which will world-premiere at next month’s Tribeca Festival, was written and directed by Ben Sottak and stars Milly Shapiro (HEREDITARY), Ajani Russell, AJ Bowen (YOU’RE NEXT) and Shannyn Sossamon. The synopsis: “HALLOWARRIOR follows Pumpkin [Shapiro], the last girl on Earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by the fearsome Thalia [Sossamon]. Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.”
“HALLOWARRIOR is a love letter to horror and Halloween, and I am thrilled that the film has found its home with a distributor whose brand is synonymous with both,” Sottak says. “It’s an honor to have HALLOWARRIOR join the Shudder family, and a treat to introduce their audience to this fun, scary, gory film along with its bad-ass lead, Pumpkin, played by the incredible Milly Shapiro.”
“From the moment we saw HALLOWARRIOR, we knew this was a natural fit for Shudder,” says IFC Entertainment Group Director of Acquisitions and Productions Adam Koehler. “The film fully understands what genre fans come to the platform for—strong scares, spooky atmosphere and a wild ride. It’s the kind of horror that plays directly to our audience and reinforces why the service is such a trusted home for bold, crowd-pleasing genre filmmaking, especially around the Halloween season.”
