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Eli Roth’s “ICE CREAM MAN” serves up teaser trailer and new poster

We now know more about the evil title character’s m.o.

The Horror Section’s ICE CREAM MAN is coming to over 2,000 screens across North America on August 7 via Iconic Events. Directed by Eli Roth and scripted by Roth and Noah Belson, it stars Ari Millen (ORPHAN BLACK) in the title role, Benjamin Byron Davis, Karen Cliche, Dylan Hawco, Sarah Abbott, Shiloh O’Reilly, Kiori Mirza Waldman, Charlie Zeltzer, Charlie Storey and Roth himself. The score is by Emmy-winning composer Brandon Roberts with additional music by Snoop Dogg, and the makeup effects were created by Steve Newburn (THANKSGIVING, FRANKENSTEIN) and Academy Award-winner Adrien Morot (THE WHALE, M3GAN). According to the official logline, “ICE CREAM MAN follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.” And as we can see from the teaser, those treats have quite an unhealthy effect on the children…

Roth is attending CinemaCon this week in Las Vegas, where “killer swag and a photo op to die for” will be offered tomorrow, April 14 between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. outside Caesar’s Palace near Hell’s Kitchen. Roth will make a special appearance there between 12:30-1 p.m.

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