Cinedigm and Bloody Disgusting have slashed up a deal with Reason8 Films for North American rights to the throwback slasher Pensive out of the ongoing EFM in Berlin.
The bloody slasher inspired by Friday the 13th with be a SCREAMBOX Original.
The Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims).
Inspired by local legends, Pensive, which premiered in Baltic Competition in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
“Gory and glorious, Pensive is a gritty throwback to the 80s and the heyday of slasher cinema”, said Brad Miska, Managing Director of Bloody Disgusting. “Calling back to Friday the 13th, the filmmakers took what was great about the era and give it a refreshing lift with the infusion of Eastern European folklore”.
The deals were negotiated by Anna Krupnova, Co-Managing Director of Reason8 Films, and Brandon Hill, Director of Acquisitions of Cinedigm, Steve Davey, Managing Director of BINGO FILMS, 108 MEDIA company and Jesus Rodriguez, director of JUST REAL S.A.
