The list of films that are called Halloween classics is not a huge list, you have films like the original Halloween, Trick ‘r Treat, Night of the Demons, and really only a handful more. There is a new film hoping to make it onto that list entitled The Houses October Built, and it just might do it. News has come in Image Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights for the film. Hopefully we’ll get to see this one by the time Halloween rolls around this year. Read on for full details.
From The Press Release
Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, has acquired the North American rights to the haunted house thriller THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT. Produced by Steven Schneider (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) and Zack Andrews. The film is directed by Bobby Roe and stars Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe and Jeff Larson. The deal was announced today by Image Entertainment’s SVP of Acquisitions, Mark Ward.
“THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT is an instant Halloween classic,” said Ward. “This is a film that audiences will seek out year after year – and will be just as terrified each time they watch it.”
THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT takes you where no other Halloween film has gone before. Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them …
“We found out that over 35 million people go to Halloween Haunts each year,” said writer/director Bobby Roe. “But out of all the horror films out there, no one has touched on these places. It’s untapped. So we decided to tell a story centered around the holiday and set it in the world of Halloween Haunted Houses.”
