The Sadness shocked festival audiences and now its heading to Shudder! Here's the official acquisition announcement, revealing that The Sadness will be released across Shudder in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on May 12th:
"Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired rights to Canadian director Rob Jabbaz’s feature debut The Sadness following its impressive festival run that began at the prestigious 74th annual Locarno Film Festival and celebrated screenings at the Fantasia International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, where the film took awards for Best First Feature in Montreal and for Best Horror and Best Direction in Austin. The film will be available exclusively on Shudder in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, May 12.
Said Craig Engler, general manager of Shudder, “The Sadness is a brutal, boundary pushing shocker,...
"Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired rights to Canadian director Rob Jabbaz’s feature debut The Sadness following its impressive festival run that began at the prestigious 74th annual Locarno Film Festival and celebrated screenings at the Fantasia International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, where the film took awards for Best First Feature in Montreal and for Best Horror and Best Direction in Austin. The film will be available exclusively on Shudder in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, May 12.
Said Craig Engler, general manager of Shudder, “The Sadness is a brutal, boundary pushing shocker,...
- 4/13/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Horror network Shudder has acquired the rights to The Sadness, directed by Rob Jabbaz and shot on location in Taiwan. The film is produced by David Barker and executive produced by Li-Cheng Huang, while Eunice Cheng associate produced for Machi Xcelsior Studios.
The Sadness follows a young couple, played by Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore) and Berant Zhu, trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists. Tzu Chiang Wang (It’s Drizzling) and In Ru Chen also star.
“It’s been such an enjoyably bizarre journey getting The Sadness made and distributed! I’m incredibly excited for everyone out there to finally see it!” said Rob Jabbaz.
The Sadness was renowned for receiving trigger warnings from genre festival programmers who had never before felt the need to use such labels. Likened to as...
The Sadness follows a young couple, played by Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore) and Berant Zhu, trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists. Tzu Chiang Wang (It’s Drizzling) and In Ru Chen also star.
“It’s been such an enjoyably bizarre journey getting The Sadness made and distributed! I’m incredibly excited for everyone out there to finally see it!” said Rob Jabbaz.
The Sadness was renowned for receiving trigger warnings from genre festival programmers who had never before felt the need to use such labels. Likened to as...
- 4/13/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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