SPECTICAST inks distribution deal with RUTHLESS PICTURES and GMI FILMS for an exclusive one night only theatrical event release for the new home-invasion thriller, MISCHIEF NIGHT.
SpectiCast, the fastest growing all-digital distribution company in the world -- distributing film, cultural arts events and alternative content programs to both theatrical and non-theatrical venues around the globe -- has acquired limited theatrical rights for Richard Shenkman's MISCHIEF NIGHT. The recently completed home-invasion thriller will premiere on screens everywhere on October 30, 2013 (popularly known as Mischief Night) for a one-time theatrical event on the very same night the film takes place.
MISCHIEF NIGHT tells the story of a terrifying home invasion on the evening before Halloween. Emily Walton, a young woman suffering from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder.
"When we were putting this project together, our hope was to land a good home video distributor to release the movie, and were excited when Image/RLJ Entertainment acquired the picture before we even began production," says Richard Shenkman who wrote, directed and produced the film. "But once we completed the film, we felt we had something very special that exceeded all our expectations, something that went beyond just a direct-to-video movie."
"We ended up creating something that my fellow producers Richard, Jesse [Baget] and I all felt should be a shared experience in a dark theater with an audience," agrees co-producer Eric D. Wilkinson. "We are thrilled that SpectiCast, a leader in event cinema distribution, has become our theatrical partner."
"When I saw the film, I just loved it. These guys had made a sharp, suspenseful, edgy thriller that was a throwback to some of the legendary horror films of the 1970's like Wait Until Dark and John Carpenter's Halloween," concurs Mark Rupp, Co-founder and President of SpectiCast. "I can't think of a better way to celebrate the 35thAnniversary of Carpenter's classic than going to the theater on October 30th and reliving the communal experience of seeing a scary movie on the eve of the scariest holiday of the year! Plus, as a guy who grew up perpetrating - I mean enjoying -- Mischief Night, I want to spread the word."
