Hit horror video game The Mortuary Assistant is about to possess the big screen with a feature film adaptation, and we have the trailer below.<\/p>\n
The movie will be released in theaters nationwide on February 13 via Epic Pictures before streaming on Shudder beginning March 27.<\/p>\n
It follows newly certified mortician Rebecca Owens, who accepts a night shift at a mortuary, embalming bodies alone after hours. As disturbing events escalate, Rebecca uncovers demonic rituals, the dark secrets of her enigmatic mentor, and her own buried trauma \u2014 racing to survive the night before her body becomes a vessel for possession.<\/p>\n
Willa Holland (\u201cArrow\u201d) and Paul Sparks (\u201cBoardwalk Empire\u201d) star, with Mark Steger (\u201cStranger Things\u201d) as The Mimic.<\/p>\n
The Mortuary Assistant creator Brian Clarke co-wrote the script with Tracee Beebe.\u00a0Jeremiah Kipp (Slapface) directs.<\/p>\n
Originally released on PC in 2022, The Mortuary Assistant quickly became a viral sensation and made its way to Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. The film will expand on the game\u2019s world, delving deeper into the lore of the demonic entities plaguing River Fields.<\/p>\n
Patrick Ewald\u2019s Epic Pictures produces via Dread alongside Cole Payne\u2019s Traverse Media and Jacob P. Heineke. Executive producers include Clarke, Katie Page, Yulissa Morales, Randy Sinquefield, Patrick Fischer, and Oliver Garboe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith The Mortuary Assistant, we\u2019re thrilled to translate one of gaming\u2019s most unnerving experiences into a relentlessly immersive feature film,\u201d said Ewald. \u201cThis is an authentic adaptation grounded in the same dread, the same characters, and the same world that made the game so unforgettable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ewald continues, \u201cWe\u2019re bringing River Fields Mortuary to life in full detail, building it from the ground up as a practical set to preserve its claustrophobic atmosphere and sinister realism. The result is a chilling blend of storytelling and sustained tension, and we can\u2019t wait for audiences to step into this terrifying new chapter of horror cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing The Mortuary Assistant make the leap from game to film is incredibly rewarding,\u201d added Clarke. \u201cFans of the game will finally witness the world they\u2019ve explored come alive, while genre film audiences will discover a story filled with tension, dark secrets, and unforgettable scares. It\u2019s a unique crossover that bridges two communities of horror fans in a way I\u2019ve always imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hit horror video game The Mortuary Assistant is about to possess the big screen with a feature film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397,21715,130184],"class_list":{"0":"post-241952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-shudder","13":"tag-the-mortuary-assistant"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}