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“THE SONATA” trailer plays the music of evil

Monday, December 16, 2019 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

The late Rutger Hauer co-stars in a supernatural chiller about a musical piece with an evil legacy, coming next month. Jump past the jump to check out the trailer and poster.

Screen Media releases THE SONATA in theaters and on VOD January 10. Andrew Desmond directed, and the cast also includes Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian and James Faulkner; the synopsis: “After being informed of the sudden death of her longlost composer father [Hauer], young virtuoso violinist Rose [Tingley] inherits an old mansion in which he used to live. There, she discovers her father’s final work: a mysterious music score marked with strange symbols. With the help of Charles [Abkarian], her agent and manager, she deciphers the symbols and, little by little, starts to unlock secrets concerning her father’s past, setting in motion the mechanisms of a somber plan imagined since the very day she was born. They soon discover that there’s more to the sonata in question than meets the eye which, when played, triggers and unleashes dark and terrifying forces.”

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).