Constance Wu Horror Film ‘All The Creatures Were Stirring’ Secures VOD Release
With the box office and critical success of Crazy Rich Asians, we now have word that the Constance Wu-starring horror All the Creatures Were Stirring has a secured a video on demand release. RLJE Films has acquired the North American rights to the Christmas-set horror flick. RLJE will release the film on VOD, digital, and DVD on December 4.
Written and directed by Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry, the film sees a bad date turn even worse when a couple heads to a creepy theater. “They’re treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays,” the film’s synopsis states. “From boring office parties and last-minute shopping, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there’s plenty out there to fear this holiday season.”
Joining Wu in the cast are Amanda Fuller (“Orange Is the New Black”), Jocelin Donahue (“Insidious: Chapter 2”), Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”), and Graham Skipper (“The Mind’s Eye”).
“With scares, laughs, and stars from some of the top releases this year, including Constance Wu in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and Amanda Fuller in ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ ‘All the Creatures Were Stirring’ has it all,” said RLJE’s Chief Acquisitions Officer, Mark Ward. “We’re excited to see how horror fans react to this new holiday horror classic from David and Rebekah McKendry.”
The film marks both McKendrys’ feature directorial debut. Rebekah McKendry previously helmed shorts including “Witches Brew” and “Found.”
In All the Creatures Were Stirring, an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, where they’re treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays. From boring office parties and last-minute shopping, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there’s plenty out there to fear this holiday season.
All the Creatures Were Stirring was produced by Morgan Peter Brown and Joe Wicker of FallBack Plan Productions (Absentia) and was executive produced by Kevin Kale.
Sources: Women and Hollywood, Nightmarish Conjurings
