Create Entertainment & Intrinsic Value Films have announced that their blood-soaked thriller, The Red Mask, is set to have its World Premiere at this year’s FrightFest on 23rd August.
Directed by Ritesh Gupta (2 Emmy nominations, 9 Cannes Lions), The Red Mask stars Helena Howard (Madeline’s Madeline, The Wilds), Inanna Sarkis (After We Collided, Seance), with Jake Abel (The Lovely Bones, Percy Jackson, Love and Mercy) and Kelli Garner (Thumbsucker, The Aviator, Lars, The Real Girl, Godzilla: King of the Monsters). The film was produced by Atit Shah (Remember Me, Adventure Tom), Aimee Schoof & Isen Robbins (Queen of the Ring, Guns and Moses).
A reclusive screenwriter retreats to a remote cabin to revive a classic 80s slasher – but when her screenplay starts writing back and masked strangers arrive with a hidden agenda, the lines between homage, horror, and reality bleed together in this meta, blood-soaked thriller.
When Allina Green, a hotshot indie screenwriter, is hired to revive a cult slasher franchise, she and her fiancée Deetz retreat to a remote rental to ‘method-write’ a fresh take. But as Allina’s script begins to rewrite itself and two unsettling strangers show up claiming to have booked the same cabin, her weekend writing retreat becomes a terrifying descent into fandom, identity, and a legacy she never asked to inherit.
Check out a teaser for the film in the player below:
Producer, Atit Shah remarked “While it explores themes like toxic fandom and the debate around fan ownership, The Red Mask pushes the meta even further—holding up a mirror to our obsession with controlling stories and the blurry line between homage and possession.”
Co-starring in The Red Mask are a host of content creators immediately recognisable to the horror community. The list of real-life creators includes James A. Janisse, Chelsea Rebecca, Mykie, Carly King, Allie Tran, Teddie Moutinho, Tiffany Huber, Matthew Torres, Maggie Hall and recent UK addition BigFatCult!
Excited about the film’s World Premiere at FrightFest, Director Ritesh Gupta added; “The Red Mask is the kind of story I’ve been building toward for years: intimate, bloody, and loud. It’s brutally honest, weirdly funny, and deeply personal – and I can’t wait to watch it with the fans of FrightFest who truly love genre films. This is a movie about modern-day rage, obsession, culture wars and reclaiming authorship… with blood.”
The Red Mask will have its World Premiere at FrightFest on August 23, 2025.
