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Exclusive clip: “THE ELDERLY” get vicious in fest-fave fright film

The old turn on the young in the new Spanish shocker.

Dark Star Pictures releases THE ELDERLY to select theaters tomorrow, October 13, followed by a VOD and Blu-ray debut October 31. The movie has won praise at numerous festivals, including Fantasia (where star Zorion Eguileor won the Best Actor award), Fantastic Fest and Sitges. Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez directed from a script by Cerezo, Javier Trigales and Rubén Sánchez Trigos, and the cast also includes Gustavo Salmerón (99.9), Paula Gallego, Irene Anula, Juan Acedo and Ángela Gamonal. The synopsis: “Following the sudden suicide of his wife, Manuel begins acting violently strange. Soon a series of paranormal events has all of the local elderly behaving oddly. They all seem to know something the young do not–paired with a lust for blood.”

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