By MICHAEL GINGOLD
Aztec evil is coming to the big screen and streaming.
Independent Film Company and Shudder have announced their acquisition of U.S. rights to WHISTLE, the new fright film from Corin Hardy (THE NUN, THE HALLOW). A nationwide theatrical release will take place on a date to be determined. Scripted by Owen Egerton (BLOOD FEST) from his short story, it stars Dafne Keen (pictured), Sophie Nélisse (YELLOWJACKETS), Sky Yang, Percy Hynes White and Nick Frost (SHAUN OF THE DEAD). The synopsis: “In WHISTLE, 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.”
“WHISTLE is made with the same heart-on-sleeve, disenfranchised-teen-spirit found in my favorite genre movies that I grew up watching,” Hardy says. “I was drawn to the mysterious mythology surrounding the ‘Death Whistle’ and how it presented me with the opportunity to create a variety of cinematic, imaginative and terrifying deaths. This film is built for the big-screen experience, so I can’t wait for audiences to blow the WHISTLE with Independent Film Company and Shudder in cinemas!”
“Corin Hardy is a master of his craft and we’re overjoyed to be bringing this horrifying vision to audiences across the country,” says director of acquisitions and productions Adam Koehler. “With WHISTLE, he’s created a vicious and bloody treat that will stand tall among the best and scariest horror films in recent box office history.”
