EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films and Shudder have acquired North American rights to Azrael, a new action horror thriller from director E.L.
Katz (Cheap Thrills), which stars Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Femme). Hailing from Republic Pictures, the film will release exclusively in theaters via IFC on September 27, making its debut on AMC Networks’ genre streamer later in the year.
Written by Simon Barrett (You’re Next), Azrael takes place in a world in which no one speaks, watching as a a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael (Weaving) who has escaped their imprisonment.
Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, she is to be sacrificed to pacify an evil which resides deep within the surrounding wilderness — but Azrael will stop at nothing to ensure her own freedom and survival.
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