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Fantasia premiere chiller “THE CURSE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW” sets U.S./Canada release dates

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Following its world premiere at last month’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the religious/folk horror film receives wider exposure next month.

Written and directed by Thomas Robert Lee, THE CURSE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW will be released in the U.S. by Epic Pictures October 2 in select theaters, October 6 on VOD and DVD and October 20 on Blu-ray. In Canada, A71 Entertainment will open the movie theatrically October 9 and on VOD October 20. George Mihalka, director of the original MY BLOODY VALENTINE, was one of the executive producers of CURSE, which stars Catherine Walker (A DARK SONG), Jessica Reynolds, Jared Abrahamson, Hannah Emily Anderson, Sean McGinley, Don McKellar and Geraldine O’Rawe. Set in 1973 in a rural community whose members still live as if it’s the 19th century, CURSE focuses on Agatha (Walker), whose neighbors suspect her–quite rightly–of practicing witchcraft, and her teenage daughter Audrey (Reynolds), whom Agatha has raised in secret. Audrey yearns to come out of hiding and explore her own occult abilities, and when she gets the chance, the result is trauma for the townspeople. See our review of THE CURSE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW in RUE MORGUE #196, now on sale.

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).