Lion Heart Distribution has acquired North American rights to director Allan Piper’s Evil Sublet, an upcoming horror-comedy starring Sally Struthers (“All in the Family”).
Jennifer Leigh Houston also stars in the film, stylized as “eVil Sublet.”
The film “follows the misadventures of a New York couple who think they have hit the jackpot when they move into a cheap apartment. They soon discover they have landed landlords quite literally from hell, who want them to pay the rent with their lives.”
Deadline notes, “The film is based on real-life mysterious events in Piper’s apartment which he shares with his wife (Leigh Houston) in New York’s East Village (aka “the eVil’).”
“I’d rather be part of the scaring than be scared,” Sally Struthers said in a statement. “Horror films frighten the poop out of me. And then they stay with me. eVil Sublet is sure to leave creepy images permanently emblazoned in people’s minds.”
Lion Heart’s CEO Jerome Courshon said, “The filmmaking team behind this exceptional movie has crafted a terrific horror-comedy, sure to satisfy genre fans — and will even surprise mainstream audiences with its funny and wicked social commentary sprinkled throughout.”
