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Karen Lam’s “THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG” gets a release date and trailer

Friday, August 11, 2023 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

The nightmarish chiller from the director of EVANGELINE and BRING IT ON: CHEER OR DIE arrives next month.

Uncork’d Entertainment has announced its acquisition of THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG, which is scheduled for release on digital platforms and DVD September 26. Written and directed by Karen Lam, it stars Valerie Tian, Elfina Luk, Ingrid Nilson and Adam Lolacher. The synopsis: “Willow Song [Tian], a recovering addict and parolee, struggles to start over. Willow finds herself in a concrete wasteland. Facing isolation and displacement, shadows creep into Willow’s mind and her nightmares become too real.”

“THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG has so much to offer,” says Uncork’d president Keith Leopard. “It will appeal to the genre audience but also the Asian community–as represented in front of and behind the camera. Karen Lam is truly one of the most exceptional filmmakers out there, and THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG reiterates that.”

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).