When a horror film subverts your expectations, that’s almost always a recipe for success. One would be easily forgiven for assuming that St. Agatha would traffic in the same sort of territory as last year’s awful The Nun. Instead, while still thoroughly being a fright flick, this effort goes in a whole other direction. It gets pretty ridiculous towards the end, but for large swarths of the picture, it focuses on something grittier, more intense, and much more based in reality. By no stretch is this one of the genre’s best efforts, but it does way more right than it does wrong. The movie is a horror experience, tinged with religious extremism, or so it seems. Taking place in a small Georgia town during the 1950’s, we follow a pregnant con woman on the run named Mary (Sabrina Kern). Seeking refuge, she ends up in a convent...
- 2/7/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
What at first seems like heavenly salvation quickly turns into hell on Earth for a new addition at a secluded convent in St. Agatha, the latest movie from visionary filmmaker and immersive experience creator Darren Lynn Bousman. Ahead of the movie's theatrical and VOD release this February from Uncork'd Entertainment, the official trailer for St. Agatha has been released, offering a deeper look at the movie's twisted world of sinister sins and ruthless reckonings.
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Clint Sears, St. Agatha stars Sabrina Kern, Carolyn Hennesy, Courtney Halverson, Lindsay Seim, Hannah Fierman, Trin Miller, Seth Michaels, and Justin Miles. On February 8th, Uncork'd Entertainment will release St. Agatha in theaters and on Digital HD and On Demand.
"Written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Clint Sears, St. Agatha is set in 1950’s Georgia, and...
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Clint Sears, St. Agatha stars Sabrina Kern, Carolyn Hennesy, Courtney Halverson, Lindsay Seim, Hannah Fierman, Trin Miller, Seth Michaels, and Justin Miles. On February 8th, Uncork'd Entertainment will release St. Agatha in theaters and on Digital HD and On Demand.
"Written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Clint Sears, St. Agatha is set in 1950’s Georgia, and...
- 12/12/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After its premiere earlier this year at the Overlook Film Festival and a number of other festival screenings, Uncork’d Entertainment has announced that they've acquired St. Agatha, the latest film from Darren Lynn Bousman:
Press Release: Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to St. Agatha, the latest film from celebrated filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman. The female-driven psychological horror film premiered at the Overlook Film Festival in April.
Written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Clint Sears, St. Agatha is set in 1950’s Georgia, and fixes on a pregnant con woman who is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent. What first starts out as the perfect place to have a child turns into a dark lair where silence is forced, ghastly secrets are masked, and every bit of will power Agatha has is tested as she learns the sick and twisted...
Press Release: Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to St. Agatha, the latest film from celebrated filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman. The female-driven psychological horror film premiered at the Overlook Film Festival in April.
Written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels, and Clint Sears, St. Agatha is set in 1950’s Georgia, and fixes on a pregnant con woman who is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent. What first starts out as the perfect place to have a child turns into a dark lair where silence is forced, ghastly secrets are masked, and every bit of will power Agatha has is tested as she learns the sick and twisted...
- 9/10/2018
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Nunsploitiation horror St. Agatha, directed by Saw filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman, is getting a U.S theatrical bow after Uncork’d Entertainment acquired North American rights.
The female-driven psychological thriller will be released theatrically and on digital in the first quarter of 2019, having premiered at the Overlook Film Festival in April.
The film is set in 1950’s Georgia, and fixes on a pregnant con woman who is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent. However, what first starts out as the perfect place to have a child turns into a dark lair where silence is forced, ghastly secrets are masked, and every bit of will power Agatha has is tested as she learns the sick and twisted truth of the convent and the odd people that lurk inside its halls.
True Blood and General Hospital actor Carolyn Hennesy stars alongside Sabrina Kern (Pretty Hurt), Courtney Halverson (Unfriended), Trin Miller...
The female-driven psychological thriller will be released theatrically and on digital in the first quarter of 2019, having premiered at the Overlook Film Festival in April.
The film is set in 1950’s Georgia, and fixes on a pregnant con woman who is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent. However, what first starts out as the perfect place to have a child turns into a dark lair where silence is forced, ghastly secrets are masked, and every bit of will power Agatha has is tested as she learns the sick and twisted truth of the convent and the odd people that lurk inside its halls.
True Blood and General Hospital actor Carolyn Hennesy stars alongside Sabrina Kern (Pretty Hurt), Courtney Halverson (Unfriended), Trin Miller...
- 9/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
We're one step closer to seeing the latest movie from Darren Lynn Bousman, the filmmaker behind three of the most twisted entries in the Saw franchise (as well as the horror-themed musicals Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Carnival), as it was recently announced that Octane Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Bousman's St. Agatha, a horror film set at a convent in the 1950s:
Press Release: Los Angeles (Nov. 1, 2017) – Octane Entertainment acquires worldwide sales rights to the highly anticipated, female-driven psychological horror film St. Agatha. Shot in Madison, Ga. and currently in post-production, the film was written by Andy Demetrio (Star Trek: Into Darkness), Shaun Fletcher (The Road Trip), Sara Sometti Michaels (The Photographer) and Clint Sears (Tales of Halloween). Under the helm of prolific horror director Darren Lynn Bousman, the director behind three installments of the Saw franchise, St. Agatha stars Sabrina Kern (The Tension Experience...
Press Release: Los Angeles (Nov. 1, 2017) – Octane Entertainment acquires worldwide sales rights to the highly anticipated, female-driven psychological horror film St. Agatha. Shot in Madison, Ga. and currently in post-production, the film was written by Andy Demetrio (Star Trek: Into Darkness), Shaun Fletcher (The Road Trip), Sara Sometti Michaels (The Photographer) and Clint Sears (Tales of Halloween). Under the helm of prolific horror director Darren Lynn Bousman, the director behind three installments of the Saw franchise, St. Agatha stars Sabrina Kern (The Tension Experience...
- 11/2/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Octane Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Darren Lynn Bousman’s St. Agatha, his female-driven psychological horror film now in postproduction. Written by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels and Clint Sears, the pic will be introduced at the now-underway American Film Market. Set in the 1950s in small-town Georgia, the film centers on a pregnant con woman named Agatha is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent. What first starts out as…...
- 11/1/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Darren Lynn Bousman, the director behind three installments of the Saw horror franchise, is set to next helm the female-driven psychological horror film St. Agatha. Shooting begins this week in Atlanta. Plot details are being kept under wraps about the script by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels and Clint Sears. “I have always been drawn to narratives with strong female characters,” said Bousman, whose last film, the 2016 horror thriller Abatt…...
- 2/8/2017
- Deadline
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