Tamzin Merchant, Edmund Kingsley & Raffiella Chapman Set For UK Horror ‘The Caged’ As Film Bridge Launches Sales At EFM

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EXCLUSIVE: Tamzin Merchant (Carnival Row), Edmund Kingsley (Dirty Angels), Raffiella Chapman (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) are set to star in Jeffrey Scott Collins’ new horror feature The Caged.

Film Bridge is launching sales on the movie at the EFM ahead of the start of principal photography in the U.K. in March. Inspired by true events, The Caged follows a family that is terrorized by a dark presence after they move into a quaint cottage.

Uncovering its history, they discover their once dream home lies on the site of a medieval prison set aside for those accused of witchcraft, including England’s most notorious witch, hanged in 1582.

Merchant, Kingsley,Raffiella Chapman are joined in the cast by young big screen debutant Callen Carter. “Several years ago, I woke up one morning with a random notion that I need to write a horror film that is set in England,” said Collins, who also wrote the screenplay. “I had no idea where that thought came from.