Hit SXSW Alien Movie ‘Slash/Back’ Landing On Shudder
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, have acquired Nyla Innuksuk’s crowd-pleasing horror SLASH/BACK, produced by Good Question Media, following its successful premiere at this year’s SXSW. The film, “set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, SLASH/BACK opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f*** with the girls from Pang.” The film marks the feature directorial debut of Innuksuk, who also co-wrote the film with Ryan Cavan (The Secret Goat). SLASH/BACK stars
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