Supernatural Horror ‘Bury the Devil,’ Shot in One Take, Lands at Blue Finch for Global Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran U.K. outfit Blue Finch Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to “Bury the Devil,” a one-shot supernatural horror-thriller that recently wrapped production at an isolated location in Canada.
Blue Finch will open sales on the project at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. The supernatural-tinged home invasion tale centers on a nurse who discovers her latest patient may be harboring dark secrets.
The film was written by John Petrizzi and Brad Hodson, with veteran genre producers Philip Kalin-Hajdu (“The Sacrifice Game,” “Game of Death”) and Benoit Beaulieu (“Turbo Kid”) shepherding the project.
Director Adam O’Brien opted for an ambitious single-take approach to ratchet up the tension. “This film depicts the most harrowing 90 minutes of our protagonist’s life, and I felt that the most visceral way to really feel this was to do a single-shot film,” O’Brien said. “We are with her every step and mis-step she takes – through the unravelling of the mystery to the horror of her discovery.
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