Independent Film Company and Shudder have acquired U.S. rights to Whistle, the new horror movie from The Nun director Corin Hardy, Deadline has learned. In the film, a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. Soon, they discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits […]
Independent Film Company and Shudder have acquired U.S. rights to Whistle, the new horror movie from The Nun director Corin Hardy, Deadline has learned.
In the film, a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. Soon, they discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.
As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the cursed artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.
Owen Egerton (Blood Fest) wrote the script, based on his own short story. No Trace Camping and Wild Atlantic Pictures produce.
Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (“Wednesday”), and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) star.
“Whistle is made with the same heart-on-sleeve, disenfranchised-teen-spirit found in my favorite genre movies that I grew up watching,” said Hardy. “I was drawn to the mysterious mythology surrounding the ‘Death Whistle’ and how it presented me with the opportunity to create a variety of cinematic, imaginative and terrifying deaths.”
He continues, “This film is built for the big screen experience, so I can’t wait for audiences to blow the Whistle with Independent Film Company and Shudder in cinemas!”
“Corin Hardy is a master of his craft and we’re overjoyed to be bringing this horrifying vision to audiences across the country,” added IFC/Shudder Director of Acquisitions and Productions Adam Koehler. “With Whistle, he’s created a vicious and bloody treat that will stand tall among the best and scariest horror films in recent box office history.”
A wide theatrical release is planned for Whistle, but a date has not yet been set.
