Justin Long, Emile Hirsch and Kevin Connolly to Get Itchy with Creature Feature ‘Lice’
Justin Long and more are set to get itchy in the creature feature, ‘Lice’, acquired by Magenta Light Studios.
Magenta Light Studios has acquired the North American theatrical rights to horror film Lice, reports Deadline. And my head is already feeling itchy.
Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), Justin Long (Barbarian), and Kevin Connolly lead the cast.
The film is set “during a deadly outbreak of a parasite at a Long Island high school in the 1980s. When the school goes under military lockdown, the itch-crazed students turn on each other in a desperate struggle to survive. Hirsch plays burned-out science teacher Mr. Shanker, who finds new purpose as he investigates the bloodthirsty mites, Long as Principal Van, a man who is out of his depth and soon out of his mind, and Connolly as the tenacious Detective Sikorski, the desperate cop on the outside racing against time to contain the outbreak before it consumes the entire town.”
Yeah, this sounds like a bugged-out blast. Justin Long feels like he’s in damn near every horror film now, but I’m not complaining. That guy always brings a great sense of humor to anything he’s involved in.
Also starring are Emilie Bierre,Joelle Farrow, Riley Davis, Tom Keat, Annamarie Kasper, Cooper Levy, Christian Meer, Gage Munroe, Devyn Nekoda, Sabrina Saudin, and Milton Torres Lara.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Jonathan Bensimon, from a script by Anthony Musella and Shaun Harris.
Said Bensimon, “We always wanted Lice to feel like a visceral, throwback thrill ride—something pulpy, unsettling, and darkly funny all at once. Collaborating with this cast and creative team allowed us to push that tone in unexpected ways, balancing chaos with character. We also leaned into bold, tactile techniques to create a visual style that feels both nostalgic and immediate. I’m especially excited to be partnering with Magenta Light Studios to bring the film to theaters—it’s the perfect home for this kind of daring, cinematic experience, and I can’t wait for audiences to see it on the big screen.”