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Official trailer for Corin Hardy’s “WHISTLE” sounds off; new poster too

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

The director of THE NUN and THE HALLOW unleashes new supernatural evil next month.

Independent Film Company and Shudder release WHISTLE to theaters nationwide February 6. Directed by Corin Hardy and scripted by Owen Egerton (BLOOD FEST), it stars Dafne Keen (LOGAN), Sophie Nélisse (YELLOWJACKETS), Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley and SHAUN OF THE DEAD’s Nick Frost. The synopsis: “A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.”

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).