When hotshot indie screenwriter Allina Green is hired to revive a cult slasher franchise, she and her fianc\u00e9e Deetz retreat to a remote rental to \u2018method-write\u2019 a fresh take. But as Allina\u2019s script begins to rewrite itself and two unsettling strangers show up claiming to have booked the same cabin, her weekend writing retreat becomes a terrifying descent into fandom, identity, and a legacy she never asked to inherit.<\/p>\n
Helena Howard (I Saw the TV Glow), Inanna Sarkis (Seance), Jake Abel (Malignant), and Kelli Garner (Lars and the Real Girl) star. Dead Meat\u2019s James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca make cameos.<\/p>\n
Ritesh Gupta makes his feature directorial debut from a script by Samantha Gurash and Patrick Robert Young (Bastard). Create Entertainment and Intrinsic Value Films are behind the project with Atit Shah, Aimee Schoof, and Isen Robbins producing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile it explores themes like toxic fandom and the debate around fan ownership, The Red Mask pushes the meta even further \u2014 holding up a mirror to our obsession with controlling stories and the blurry line between homage and possession,\u201d commented\u00a0Shah.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Red Mask is the kind of story I\u2019ve been building toward for years: intimate, bloody, and loud,\u201d adds Gupta. \u201cIt\u2019s brutally honest, weirdly funny, and deeply personal \u2014 and I can\u2019t wait to watch it with the fans of FrightFest who truly love genre films. This is a movie about modern-day rage, obsession, culture wars and reclaiming authorship\u2026 with blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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