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Brutal fest favorite “MEGALOMANIAC” has distribution and a date

Monday, August 7, 2023 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

A serial killer’s legacy leads to new terror in the film releasing this fall.

Dark Star Pictures has announced that it will release MEGALOMANIAC to theaters September 8. Written and directed by Karim Ouelhaj and winner of the Grand Jury Best Film award at the Fantasia International Film Festival (among other fest honors), it stars Eline Schumacher, Wim Willaert, Benjamin Ramon, Pierre Nisse and Raphaëlle Lubansu. The synopsis: “Martha [Schumacher] and Félix [Ramon] are the children of the Butcher of Mons, a notorious Belgian serial killer from the 1990s. Unstable and riddled with insecurities, Martha lives vicariously through social media. Her brother, crushed by the family legacy, takes over their father’s killings. Harassed and violently assaulted at work, the docile Martha falls into madness and goes through the looking glass into the strange and terrifying world inhabited by her brother.” Dark Star’s trailer and poster for MEGALOMANIAC will drop soon!

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).