A woman’s dangerous inclinations, a sadistic child killer, and a panic surrounding an online murder challenge reveal the insidious violence of a small New England town in Sweet Relief.
The arthouse horror film will be available on VOD exclusively through Eventive on June 27 before a wider VOD release later in the year via Art Brut Films. It will also have a one-week theatrical engagement at Laemmle Town Center in Encino, CA beginning June 27.
Drawing comparisons to the works of Mark Duplass, Richard Linklater, Todd Solondz, and David Lynch, the indie movie is written and directed by Nick Verdi.
Parents and teachers in a small New England town are in a panic over kids playing Sweet Relief, an online murder challenge in which the player must nominate someone they’d like to see die. Three teenagers play the game as a joke, unaware of the dire consequences awaiting them.
Meanwhile, Jess and Nathan are a bored, millennial couple struggling to get by. Nathan is annoyed with his mother, and Jess is annoyed with Nathan. Jess’ curiosity and boredom lead to a dangerous situation of her own, when she meets Gerald, a confidential police informant and, perhaps, a sadistic child killer.
Alisa Leigh, BR Yeager, Adam Michael Kozak, Lucie Rosenfeld, Jocelyn Lopez, Catie DuPont, and Paul Lazar star.
