Cinephobia Acquires U.S. Rights To ‘Brute 1976‘

EXCLUSIVE: Cinephobia Releasing has bought U.S. rights to Marcel Walz and Joe Knetter’s Brute 1976 from Canada’s Raven Banner Entertainment. The film, which Walz (That’s a Wrap) directed and Knetter (Twilight of the Dead) wrote, is billed as an homage to 1970s horror classics such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. Cinephobia plans to debut the film over the summer with a limited theatrical run followed closely by an on-demand and digital release. It takes place in 1976 and follows a woman and her girlfriend whose car breaks down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. At the same time, a group of people in the desert for a photoshoot stumble upon an abandoned town where a family of masked psychopaths reside. ”Brute 1976 is bloody and sexy, with a deranged family so demented they make John Waters’s Pink Flamingos look like a paradigm of family values,” said Cinephobia President Raymond Murray. “Brute 1976 restored my faith in horror that shocks.” Murray negotiated the deal with Cecilia A. Brush, Head of Sales and Distribution of Toronto-based Raven Banner. The indie pic stars Adriane McLean (Miracles of Christmas), Sarah French (Blind), Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Dazelle Yvette (Garden of Eden) and Adam Bucci (NCIS Los Angeles).