Home invasion movies usually follow a pretty standard script: bad guys break in, innocent family fights back, chaos ensues. But Lionsgate’s upcoming horror-thriller Turning Point is ready to completely flip the genre on its head by asking a much worse question: What if the house you just broke into belongs to a flesh-eating monster?
Written and directed by Joshua Wagner (Mimesis), the film has earned an R rating for “violent content, gore, language, and some drug use.”
A Home Invasion Gone Very Wrong
The nightmare centers on Margot and her partner in crime, a duo of thieves looking for a quick, easy score. Unfortunately for them, they are entirely oblivious to the baseline rules of horror cinema.
The two break into a seemingly normal residence. However, they quickly realize they are trapped inside a zombie’s home mid-transition. With the exits blocked and their mutating host rapidly losing his humanity, the criminals become the prey. Their only prayer for survival relies on a bizarre neighbor who happens to have a highly specific, expert knowledge of how the undead operate.
A Stacked Indie Ensemble
To bring this claustrophobic, blood-soaked siege to life, Wagner has assembled an incredibly fun, genre-vetted cast. Jillian Lee Garner stars alongside Mike Apple. They are joined by DJ Qualls (Road Trip, The Man in the High Castle), stealing the show as the eccentric, undead-obsessed neighbor. Lydia Hearst (The Haunting of Sharon Tate, Z Nation), Shane Brady (Doctor Sleep, Synchronic), and Sanchita Malik (Love) join the fray.
If you love the desperate, high-stakes claustrophobia of Don’t Breathe but wish it had a heavy splash of George A. Romero’s classic body horror, Turning Point is about to be your favorite late-summer watch.
Make sure to double-check your locks, keep your bats handy, and prepare for a very different kind of property dispute. Turning Point hits digital platforms on August 25.
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