One of the more visceral horror midnighters to debut at this year’s SXSW, writer/director Julia Max’s gnarly occult horror movie The Surrender, has been picked up for release by genre streaming service Shudder, Deadline reports today. The Surrender is set to debut on Shudder in North America, UK/Ireland and Australia/New Zealand on May 23. The horror […]
“This was very heavily inspired by my experience with my mother and with our death doula when my stepfather passed away, and honestly, I stole quite a bit from that,” Max told BD of her film’s origins. “From what we actually did without getting into too many spoilers. But basically, every single time we started a new step, in my mind, I kept thinking, ‘What is the worst direction this could possibly go in next?’ and wrote that down essentially.”
I wrote in my review, “It’s a wholly unique vision of grief, filled with carnage and unspeakable horror that escalates at a steady clip. To see it interpreted in this way, a visceral, thrilling, and high-stakes vision without ever dampening the complicated, messy, and unglamorous nature of loss, marks Max as one to watch.” And, “Russell FX brings the bloodletting and violence, and hellish visions from another realm. The Surrender excites on visuals alone, but Max has a knack for scare-crafting as well.”
Get ready to embark on a hellish ritual when The Surrender arrives on Shudder this May.
