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Sundance Breakout ‘Handling the Undead,’ Where ‘Dread Infuses Each Frame,’ Sells Wide for TrustNordisk (EXCLUSIVE)
Sundance drama-horror ‘Handling the Undead,’ directed by Thea Hvistendahl and starring Renate Reinsve, sells wide for TrustNordisk.
“I find this blend of arthouse and horror really inspiring and it was extremely important for the film to have talented actors who could play out this absurd premise in a realistic and empathetic way,” says Hvistendahl. But I haven’t really been a proper ‘genre watcher’ until I started reading John’s books and discovering filmmakers like Lucile Hadžihalilović [behind ‘Earwig’], who inspired me to make my short ‘Children of Satan’,” she says. It gradually creeps under one’s skin and offers a unique and thought-provoking experience that sheds light on the realities of loss and grief,” says Susan Wendt, managing director of TrustNordisk, calling Hvistendahl’s debut “very impressive.”
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