Outbreak Horror ‘The Sadness’ To Stream Exclusively On Shudder This May
Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural has acquired rights to Canadian director Rob Jabbaz’s feature film debut, The Sadness. The film had an impressive festival run that began at the prestigious 74th annual Locarno Film Festival and celebrated screenings at the Fantasia International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, where the film took awards for “Best First Feature” in Montreal and “Best Horror”, and “Best Direction” in Austin. The story “follows a young couple, played by Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore) and Berant Zhu (We Are Champions, How to Train Our Dragon), trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists. Tzu Chiang Wang (It’s Drizzling) and In Ru Chen also star. The film is produced by David Barker and executive produced by Li-Cheng Huang, while Eunice Cheng’s associate produced for Machi Xcelsior Studios. The Sadness was shot in Taipei, Taiwan where Canadian writer/director Rob Jabbaz,
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