Six years after scarring us all for life as her turn in Charlie in Ari Aster's Hereditary, Milly Shapiro returns to horror in The Hallowarrior, which Variety has revealed more about today.
Shapiro, in what is only her second film role, will star alongside Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight's Tale, Sinister 2) in the upcoming post-apocalyptic horror-thriller from director Ben Sottak in his feature debut.
Per Variety:
The Hallowarrior follows Pumpkin (Shapiro), the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween.
Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep, led by the fearsome Thalia (Sossamon). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.
The Hallowarrior is based on Sottak’s proof of concept short Scavenger, while his latest short, Martillo (co-directed with Alejandra Parody), won the Home Invasion Award at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.
In a statement, Sottak expressed his excitement:
“This is a throwback to the crowd-pleasing genre films I grew up watching every Halloween […] The movie is dripping with nostalgic fall atmosphere, cheer-inducing kills and a lovable ‘final girl’ played by the brilliant Milly Shapiro. I can’t wait for this movie to enter horror fans’ annual October viewing rotation for years to come.”
Variety report that Sottak, Emmajane Hoffman are producing for Strange Aeons, and Gabriel Rosenstein for The Spitting Image. Also producing are Danielle Benedict and Jake Casey for The Dazey Phase. Cinetic’s Alec Ring is executive producing.
Cinetic is handling North American rights, so keep an eye out for distribution news on The Hallowarrior soon.
