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Melissa Barrera to Lead Adam Alleca’s Horror Film ‘Inhabit’

The role marks Barrera’s first major film attachment after her 2023 Scream firing.

Overview

  • Barreras casting, reported Thursday by Variety and other outlets, puts her at the center of a new psychological‑supernatural feature from writer‑director Adam Alleca.
  • The story follows a woman seeking a fresh start in a decaying apartment complex who faces strange threats and comes to believe a possessive force is warping her reality.
  • Logical Pictures is financing the film and will launch international sales at the Cannes Film Market, with Range Select co‑repping U.S. rights in a venue where distributors secure titles ahead of release.
  • Producers at Cinemachine and Logical Pictures called the film a deeply intimate, unnerving work that tackles a taboo subject, and Alleca cited Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist and Get Out as touchstones.
  • The project is Barrera’s first major screen job since she was dropped from Scream 7 and WME in 2023 after posts criticizing Israeli actions in Gaza, following a year in which she focused on stage work.