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Shudder Picks Up Tribeca-Bound Halloween Thriller ‘Hallowarrior’ Starring Milly Shapiro

The multi-territory deal positions the debut feature for a fall rollout to Shudder’s core horror audience.

Overview

  • Shudder acquired Hallowarrior with rights in North America, the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
  • Hallowarrior will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 10 before a fall streaming debut on Shudder.
  • The story follows Pumpkin, the last girl left after a plague, who faces raiders on Halloween night.
  • Writer-director Ben Sottak makes his first feature, expanding on his 2021 short Scavenger.
  • Milly Shapiro leads the cast, and the deal was negotiated by Adam Koehler for Shudder and Isadora Johnson for Cinetic, with producers from Strange Aeons, The Spitting Image and The Dazey Phase.