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Gruesome horror homage “BRUTE 1976” carves out an August debut; trailer & poster

A “hot, dirty and bloody” experience is promised by the creator of this retro shocker.

Cinephobia Releasing has announced that it will bring BRUTE 1976 to select theaters in August, ahead of a VOD/digital release August 26. Directed by Marcel Walz (PRETTY BOY, 2018’s BLOOD FEAST) from a script by Joe Knetter (the upcoming TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD), it stars Adriane McLean, Sarah French, Gigi Gustin, Dazelle Yvette and Adam Bucci. The synopsis: “BRUTE 1976 takes place in 1976, when Raquel [Gustin] and her girlfriend have car trouble and break down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. At the same time, a group of people are in the desert for a photoshoot. Soon, they stumble upon an abandoned town where a family of masked psychopaths reside.”

“I’ve always been a huge fan of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, both the originals and remakes,” Walz says. “BRUTE 1976 was an amazing experience to shoot: It was hot, it was dirty and it was bloody. I’m sure the audience will feel that on screen.”

“We are so excited to have BRUTE 1976, our modern take on the ’70s horror films we love so much, in the hands of Cinephobia for its North American release,” Knetter adds. “We look forward to everyone experiencing the Birdy family in all their gory glory.”

”BRUTE 1976 is bloody and sexy, with a deranged family so demented they make John Waters’ PINK FLAMINGOS look like a paradigm of family values,” says Cinephobia president Raymond Murray. “BRUTE 1976 restored my faith in horror that shocks.”

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