Emile Hirsch Will Investigate One of the World’s Most Famous Haunted Houses in ‘The Condemnation’
Emile Hirsch is set to topline The Condemnation, a supernatural thriller based on true events. The Autopsy of Jane Doe star will play an aspiring journalist who’s given an investigative assignment by a prestigious newspaper to write a story on Peru’s Casa Matusita, one of the world’s most famous haunted houses. Notorious for ghost sightings, […]
Emile Hirsch is set to topline The Condemnation, a supernatural thriller based on true events.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe star will play an aspiring journalist who’s given an investigative assignment by a prestigious newspaper to write a story on Peru’s Casa Matusita, one of the world’s most famous haunted houses.
Notorious for ghost sightings, murders, suicides, and an infamous massacre, the house becomes a temporary home for the journalist and his wife. But as the couple settle in, strange and terrifying events unfold which lead them to seek the help of a local priest who has a dark history with the house.
Filming is set to begin in April under Peruvian-American writer-director Catherine C. Pirotta.
Luminosity Pictures president Daniel Diamond (Winchester, Tekken) will produce with Brad Epstein (About a Boy, Dan in Real Life) and Farouk Hadef.
“Elevated genre movies that are not only very scary but also character driven and based on phenomenal actual events are always appealing to a broad worldwide audience,” said Diamond.
“Emile Hirsch is one of the most talented and engaging actors of his generation,” Pirotta added. “His body of work includes wonderfully diverse and complicated characters which he has portrayed in transformative ways, and I am excited to be working with him to bring this story to life.”
Luminosity is launching sales on the title at the European Film Market in Berlin.
The Casa Matusita is an actual paranormal hot spot located in the center of Lima, Peru. Urban legends surrounding the building date back to the mid-18th century.
