{"id":950969,"date":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950969\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:00:10","slug":"amp-boards-worldwide-sales-on-topical-techno-horror-modem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950969\/","title":{"rendered":"AMP Boards Worldwide Sales On Topical Techno-Horror &#8216;Modem&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/alliance-media-partners\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alliance-media-partners\" data-tag=\"alliance-media-partners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alliance Media Partners<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/amp\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amp\" data-tag=\"amp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMP<\/a>) has boarded worldwide sales on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/modem\/\" id=\"auto-tag_modem\" data-tag=\"modem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Modem<\/a>, a timely techno horror tapping into the contemporary human obsession with digital connectivity, ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/afm\/\" id=\"auto-tag_afm\" data-tag=\"afm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe picture unfolds against the backdrop of a family digital detox vacation in a house in a Swedish forest which takes a terrifying turn when a teenager discovers an old modem and unwittingly awakens a dormant, sadistic demon when it is fired up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe sinister presence torments the family, and when their two-year-old suddenly vanishes, fear spirals into hysteria and paranoia as the family confronts a terrifying force that has turned their connected world against them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tModem is the directorial feature debut of Tim James Brown, who also wrote the screenplay, and stars Josh Burdett, Amanda Renberg, Nika Tallroth, Frederik Gunnarsson, Ylva Loof, Henrik Lundstrom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWhat makes Modem so intense is that it plays on the paranoia of technology \u2013 a paranormal stalker voyeuristically preying on its victims through their own digital devices. You can\u2019t see it \u2013 it sees you,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe award-winning film has played at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/raindance\/\" id=\"auto-tag_raindance\" data-tag=\"raindance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raindance<\/a>, the Stockholm City Film Festival and at the New York International Film Awards, and will make its market debut at the AFM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAMP\u2019s Head of Sales and Acquisitions Anthony Buckner negotiated the deal with Jonathan Sadler on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u2018Modem is exactly the kind of high-concept horror we\u2019re excited to bring to the international market,\u201d said Buckner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cIt taps into a universal modern-day obsession with being online and turns something we rely on every day into a source of genuine terror. With its compelling premise and chillingly relevant themes, we believe the film has strong potential to connect with young audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Alliance Media Partners (AMP) has boarded worldwide sales on Modem, a timely techno horror tapping into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[118344,325253,127386,131366,49,48,75,190208,337,325254],"class_list":["post-950969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-afm","tag-alliance-media-partners","tag-american-film-market","tag-amp","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-modem","tag-movies","tag-raindance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}