RLJE Films Now Acquire Mickey Keating’s SXSW Horror Hit OFFSEASON
RLJE Films and Shudder have snags Mickey Keating s SXSW horror hit OFFSEASON! By Josh Millican
RLJE Films is a business unit of AMC Networks. Shudder is AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. Today they announced the acquisition of North American rights to the wildly popular film
Offseason. It world-premiered to positive reviews at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, with WTFilms taking international sales rights.
Written and Directed by Mickey Keating (
Darling, Carnage Park, Psychopaths). It stars Jocelin Donahue (
The House of the Devil) and Joe Swanberg (
Mickey Keating Horror Film ‘Offseason’ Acquired by RLJE Films and Shudder
Film starring Jocelin Donahue and Joe Swanberg debuted at 2021 SXSW Film FestivalBrian Welk | April 13, 2021 @ 10:28 AM
RLJE Films/Shudder
RLJE Films and the horror streaming service Shudder have acquired the North American rights to “Offseason,” the latest film from director Mickey Keating that made its premiere at this year’s SXSW.
“Offseason” stars Jocelin Donahue and Joe Swanberg and is an American Gothic horror about a woman who travels to a desolate island town after receiving a mysterious letter and soon becomes trapped in a nightmare. RLJE plans to release “Offseason” in theaters early next year. Shudder, which has also acquired UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand rights, will premiere the film on its platform later in 2022. WTFFilms took international rights.
BUZZ A werewolf story with an indie sensibility,
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STARS Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, and Taissa Farmiga
BUZZ The psychological thriller, which was an official Cannes selection, comes from one of the writers behind
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STARS Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney
BUZZ A werewolf story with an indie sensibility,
Silver is the festival s genre standout. Described as a traditional Gothic horror, the title is set in the 1800s in a remote country village where a man is sent to investigate wild animal attacks. John and the Hole
STARS Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, and Taissa Farmiga
BUZZ The psychological thriller, which was an official Cannes selection, comes from one of the writers behind
Birdman (Nicolas Giácobone), and centers on a kid who holds his family captive in a hole he found in the ground. Mass
STARS Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney