Shudder Acquires Retro Thriller ‘Dead Mail’ From Filmmakers Joe DeBoer & Kyle McConaghy

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EXCLUSIVE: Dead Mail, an acclaimed ’80s Midwest horror thriller from writer-directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy, is set to make its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder as part of the streamer’s annual Halfway to Halloween celebration on April 18.

The film hits streaming following a successful festival run that began with its world premiere at SXSW 2024, also featuring stops at the Sitges Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Fest and others.

Its plot is thrust into motion on a desolate, Midwestern county road, as a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him.

The note makes its way to the desk of Jasper, a seasoned ‘dead letter’ investigator at a 1980s midwestern post office. And as Jasper begins to piece together the letter’s origins, it leads him down a violent, unforeseen path to a kidnapped keyboard engineer and his eccentric business associate.