Just released, the first look photo from the horror film Lice starring Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Into the Wild), Justin Long (Barbarian, Goosebumps) and Kevin Connolly (Entourage), a gruesome throwback to ‘80s high school classics. Production recently wrapped in Canada, with Highland Film Group continuing sales in Toronto.
LICE
Director: Director/Cinematographer Jonathan Bensimon in his feature directorial debut
Writers: Anthony Musella and Lizze Gordon
Cast: Justin Long (Barbarian, Jeepers Creepers), Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Kevin Connolly (Entourage, The Notebook).
Status: Post production
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Synopsis: A gruesome death. A sealed-off high school. Something crawling beneath the skin. When a student’s terrifying breakdown shocks a classroom, an almost invisible parasite spreads through the halls, instantly twisting teens into maniacs. Locked inside with no escape, students and staff spiral into violence and hysteria. Amid the chaos, Principal Van (Justin Long) struggles to maintain control, drowning his anxiety in alcohol before losing his grip on reality – and his head. Burned-out science teacher Mr. Shanker (Emile Hirsch) steps up as the only adult trying to make sense of the madness, uncovering traces of a government experiment gone wrong. Outside the quarantined halls, Detective Sikorski (Kevin Connolly) races to contain the outbreak before it consumes the entire town. The real horror isn’t what’s under your skin – it’s what it makes you do.
Producers: Kevin Connelly, Jeremy Alter (David Lynch’s Inland Empire, The Up and Comer) and Gary Goldman (Entourage, The Up and Comer) under Connolly’s ActionPark Productions banner.
International Sales: Highland Film Group
(photo courtesy of Highland Film Group)
