Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, has acquired two new high profile horrors which are set to debut later in 2022.
First up is South African horror Good Madam (Mlungu Wam) for release in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand ahead of its screening at the Glasgow Film Festival. Also an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, AFI Fest and Gothenburg Film Festival, the haunting film from writer/director Jenna Cato Bass (Flatland, High Fantasy) and co-writer Babalwa Baartman will stream exclusively on Shudder in late 2022.
In Good Madam (Mlungu Wam), Tsidi, a single mother, is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister specter begins to stir.
“Jenna Cato Bass delivers a sensationally fresh take on the haunted house story while layering in cutting social satire about the lingering horrors of apartheid,” said Shudder General Manager, Craig Engler.
“Horror audiences are probably the most enthusiastic and open-minded I’ve encountered, so I couldn’t be happier that Good Madam has found a home at Shudder, where even more fans of this evolving genre can discover it,” said Jenna Cato Bass.
Good Madam (Mlungu Wam) stars Chumisa Cosa, Nosipho Mtebe, Kamvalethu Jonas Raziya, Sanda Shandu, Khanyiso Kenqa, Sizwe Ginger Lubengu, Siya Sikawuti, Peggy Tunyiswa and Chris Gxalaba. The film is produced by Fox Fire Films, Sanusi Chronicles and Causeway Films in association with Salmira Productions and Strange Charm. Baartman, Cato Bass, Kristina Ceyton (The Babadook, The Nightingale), and Samantha Jennings (Cargo) produce while Salman Al-Rashid, Sam Frohman, Richard Mansell, David Bass and Jason Newmark serve as executive producers.
The streamer has also acquired the rights to Dark Glasses, the first new film in a decade from acclaimed writer-director Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA), this gripping thriller from Italy, starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang and Asia Argento, will stream exclusively on Shudder this fall.
In Dark Glasses, an eclipse blackens the skies on a hot summer day in Rome — a harbinger of the darkness that will envelop Diana (Pastorelli) when a serial killer chooses her as prey. Fleeing her predator, the young escort crashes her car and loses her sight. She emerges from the initial shock determined to fight for her life, but she is no longer alone. Defending her and acting as her eyes is a little boy, Chin (Zhang), who survived the car accident. But the killer won’t give up his victim. Who will be saved?
Of Dark Glasses, Engler says, “Argento is an undisputed master of the genre, responsible for some of the greatest horror films ever made. There are few words I’ve been more excited to say than these: ‘Shudder will be the home of Dario Argento’s new film.’ We are beyond thrilled to bring DARK GLASSES to our members around the world.”
Dark Glasses is produced by Urania Productions along with Conchita Airoldi and Laurentina Guidotti, and Getaway Films along with Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval and Noëmie Devide
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