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IFC Midnight reveals trailer and poster for possession chiller “WELCOME TO MERCY”

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Playing a pair of festivals this month and seeing wider release in November is the convent-set fright film WELCOME TO MERCY. Read on for all the info, plus the just-released trailer and poster.

IFC Midnight brings WELCOME TO MERCY to select theaters, VOD and digital platforms November 2; prior to that, the movie makes its world premiere at New York City’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Los Angeles’ Screamfest on October 13. Tommy Bertelsen directed from a screenplay by Kristen Ruhlin, who also stars; the cast additionally includes Lily Newmark and Eileen Davies, and the music is by Michael Shuman, bassist for Queens of the Stone Age and Mini-Mansions. The synopsis: “After being stricken with stigmata, single mother Madaline [Ruhlin] is sent to a remote convent where nothing is what it seems and her friend August [Newmark] is seemingly the only person she can trust. Together, they must confront the demons inside Madaline before she becomes the Antichrist.”

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).