Irish Horror ‘Oddity’, Period Champagne Drama ‘Widow Clicquot’ Test The Indie Box Office – Specialty Preview
deadline.comIt’s busy and Twister-y at the box office but a few indies are hoping to catch a breeze with very well reviewed Oddity looking to expand the market for high-end horror and Widow Clicquot to attract fans of good period films and bubbly. Oddity from IFC Films, is a supernatural home invasion horror written-directed by Damian McCarthy (Caveat).
It opens on 790 screens, the widest new indie release this week. Carolyn Bracken stars as Dani, who is restoring an old castle in rural Cork County, Ireland with her husband Ted (Gwilym Lee), a doctor at a facility for the criminally insane.
When Dani is brutally murdered, her blind occultist twin sister Darcy (also Bracken) goes after those responsible using inherited haunted items as her tools of revenge.
Premiered in SXSW’s Midnighter section, taking the Audience Award. At 98% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Indie drama Widow Cliquot from Vertical is the true story of the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century.
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