Ryan Guzman, Kyle Gallner and Alix Angelis to star in Exorcism Horror “The Cleansing Hour” based on the award-winning horror short of the same name.
After a successful run on the festival circuit, one of the year’s most impressive and memorable horror shorts, The Cleansing Hour, has just announced plans to turn the compelling concept into a feature film. I had the pleasure of watching this exciting short following its impressive Best Horror Short wins at LA Shriekfest and the Atlanta Film Festival. I wrote a full review for this site, which you can read here, but here’s a brief excerpt:
The production value is amazing; the clever and unique script by Aaron Horwitz is funny but also scary, the SFX realistic. It has great directing, acting, lighting, editing, sound design, sets — everything was as professional as you can get! I was literally on the edge of my seat, the whole time.
As you can probably tell, I thought it was outstanding in every way. Now you can check out the much buzzed about short below or watch it on YouTube here.
I’m thrilled to hear the news that this deserving short is getting the feature treatment, with the help of the producers of this summer’s Godzilla: King of Monsters and The Belko Experiment. Check out the full release below, and stay tuned to this site as more details become available.
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Ryan Guzman, Kyle Gallner and Alix Angelis to star in Exorcism Horror The Cleansing Hour.
Ryan Guzman (The Boy Next Door), Kyle Gallner (American Sniper) and Alix Angelis (The Magnificent Seven) have signed on to star in the contained horror thriller The Cleansing Hour, which lenses in Bucharest, Romania next month.
The Cleansing Hour follows best friends Max and Drew (Guzman and Gallner) who run a popular webcast that stages exorcisms to look real. When the actress of the day (Angelis) becomes mysteriously possessed by a real demon, the friends must work against the show clock to figure out the demon’s sinister motive, while the demon exposes the trio’s dark secrets before a rapidly-growing global audience.
The film marks the feature debut for editor turned director LeVeck, who gained recognition for the proof-of-concept version of The Cleansing Hour, which was featured at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Austin Film Festival and Napa Film Festival among many others and won best horror short film at Shriekfest Film Festival and Atlanta Horror Film Festival.
Shirit Bradley (Godzilla: King of Monsters), Dan Clifton (The Den, The Belko Experiment), Natalie LeVeck and Damien LeVeck are producing under the Skubalon Entertainment banner.
Skubalon Entertainment is currently focused on creating low-budget supernatural horror and thriller content for film, TV and digital platforms. Skubalon has also optioned the rights to The Dark Sacrament: True Stories of Modern Day Demon Possession and Exorcism, and is currently developing it for a limited TV series.
Clifton recently completed post-production on the crime-thriller A Violent Separation starring Brenton Thwaites and Alycia Debnam-Carey. In May, he wrapped production on the Untitled James Gunn Horror Project, produced by James Gunn, directed by David Yarovesky and financed by The H Collective.
The Cleansing Hour was written by Damien LeVeck and Aaron Horwitz. LeVeck is repped by UTA and Grandview. Guzman is repped by CAA. Gallner is repped by UTA, Management 360 and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller. Alix Angelis is repped by ASManagement. Clifton is repped by UTA.
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