Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman is making a return to horror with her latest film. Protagonist Pictures has just announced Die by Night, a new survival thriller starring Fuhrman and directed by Rod Blackhurt, which goes on sale at the European Film Market soon.
Blackhurst also wrote the film’s screenplay, based on the prequel screenplay The Chosen Few, which he co-wrote with J. Hunter Richardson. Also starring Ben Hardy and Scoot McNairy, with creature design by Vincent Proce, the film’s full synopsis is as follows:
In a post-apocalyptic world where long stretches of ‘Night’ plunge the world into chaos, creatures known as The Horde hunt in the dark. Runaway Lucia (Fuhrman) must find her way to The Wall where safety awaits. An injured but determined Barry (Hardy) promises to get them there. But The Horde are not the only threat out there. The Clans – tribes of people whose survival and prosperity depends on selling and trading humans to gain strength in numbers – also stand in their way.
In this propulsive thriller playing out over the course of one night, the only way to survive the to see a new day is to trust each other and stay in the light until they make it to The Wall.
“Die By Night promises to be a nail-biting, action-packed thriller with non-stop jump scares,” said Dave Bishop, CEO of Protagonist Pictures. “Rod’s vision of a dark, dystopian, post-apocalyptic new world, combined with the terrifying hordes of creatures conceived by the industry’s top designers, will reach out and grab the audience not letting go until the credits roll.”
“This film was born from the fears and anxieties that came with becoming a father for the first time, the overwhelming desire to somehow protect my daughter from the dark forces that exist in the world – from the dangerous ideologies that fuel the self-righteous, and of the impossible choices we must make in the face of chaos,” added Blackhurst.
“We’re pleased as punch to be partnering with Protagonist whose taste and prestige precedes them; they make the kinds of films I love and immediately understood the duality of Die By Night as both a mad genre film and a story about us and the times we’re living in but depicted in the most fantastical ways.”
No release date for Die by Night has been set. Stay tuned to FANGORIA for more updates.
