‘The Nun’ Director’s ‘Whistle’ First Look Revealed, Acquired by IFC and Shudder
Director Corin Hardy’s (The Nun) next horror movie, which may take place around Halloween, Whistle has been acquired for distribution by Independent Film Company and Shudder, as a first look image has been unveiled.
Independent Film Company and Shudder have acquired U.S. rights to Whistle, the new horror film from The Nun director Corin Hardy, starring Dafne Keen (Logan, The Acolyte), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (My Old Ass), and Nick Frost (Sean of the Dead, Get Away), as reported this week by Deadline.
The film will be released wide in theaters at a date not yet announced.
Owen Egerton, who wrote and directed the criminally underseen and absolutely excellent 2018 Halloween horror movie Blood Fest, adapted the screenplay for Whistle from his own short story.
In the film, a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. Soon, 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.
When the film wrapped shooting last year, Hardy posted some set photos on Instagram, including one featuring a massive jack o’ lantern in the background (see it below), suggesting that Whistle could take place during Halloween season. The synopsis and this first image of Keen’s character with the titular whistle below both confirm that it takes place during the school year, and Keen’s attire seems to further suggest a possible fall setting.
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