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Visit a new chopping mall in “WAKE UP”; release news, trailer and poster

Thursday, February 13, 2025 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Activists are trapped in a superstore of death in the Canadian chiller.

Blue Fox Entertainment has announced that it will release WAKE UP in theaters nationwide in the U.S. and Canada April 4. Directed by Anouk Whissell and Yoannn-Karl Whissell (TURBO KID, SUMMER OF 84) from a script by Alberto Marini (SLEEP TIGHT), it stars THE DAMNED’s Turlough Convery (pictured), Benny O. Arthur, Alessia Yoko Fontana, Jacqueline Moré, Kyle Scudder, Thomas Gould, Charlotte Stoiber and Aidan O’Hare. The synopsis: “In WAKE UP, a group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore but must fight for their lives in a night of terror after getting trapped inside with a deranged security guard.”

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).