News has come in today for the haunted house film The Canal, which just finished up its run at the Tribeca Film Festival only days ago. The film has been picked up for US release by The Orchard with plans to release the supernatural thriller in theaters, VOD platforms, and DVD later this year. Read on for more details.
Deadline is reporting, Just days after its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, the extremely haunted house pic The Canal has been picked up by The Orchard. With the Irish/UK co-production horror film having premiered at Tribeca on April 18, the indie distributor now plans to release The Canal in 20 major North American markets theatrically as well as online, cable, satellite and via DVD later this year through their Shock Till You Drop banner.
“Their passion and strong commitment to securing the film was clear from the outset and we look forward to working with them on it,” said producer AnneMarie Naughton of Park Films on the deal. Tracking the twin obsessions of film archivist David Williams that his wife is cheating on him and that their newly purchased period house was the scene of some very bloody and violent events, The Canal soon descends into madness and paranoia that may not be misplaced.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, the 90-minute pic stars Rupert Evans and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, with Hannah Hoekstra, Kelly Byrne and Steve Oram. The film was produced by with co-producers Vaughan Sivell and Sander Verdonk. Today’s deal was negotiated by The Orchard’s Craig Sussman along with Nate Bolotin at XYZ Films on behalf of the filmmakers.
Plot Synopsis
Sitting in an empty theater, a film archivist watches the grainy footage that will be his undoing. David and his wife are perfectly happy–or so he believes. When he finds out the home he shares with his wife and son was the scene of a ghastly turn-of-the-century murder, David dismisses it as ancient history. That is, until the sinister history ripples into the present and casts a shadow over life as he knows it. And when a looming secret shatters his marriage, David can’t help but suspect the dark spirits of the house are somehow involved. In his drive to unveil the shadows hidden in the walls, David begins to descend into insanity, threatening the lives of everyone around him.
Through ghastly imagery and a chilling score, Ivan Kavanagh’s The Canal is an Irish ghost story that will leave you with a fear of the dark and a dripping chill down your spine long after the film’s conclusion.
Source: Deadline
