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Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Elle Callahan’s horror film Head Count. The film stars Isaac W. Jay, Ashleigh Morghan, Bevin Bru, Billy Meade, Hunter Peterson, Chelcie May, Tory Freeth, Michael Herman, Amaka Obiechie, Sam Marra, and Cooper Rowe. Head Count premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and won …

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After winning the Nightfall Award at last year's Los Angeles Film Festival, Elle Callahan's Head Count has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films for North American distribution this June.

Featuring a shape-shifting monster terrorizing a group of friends in Joshua Tree, Head Count is slated for a theatrical and digital release on June 14th. We have the full press release below with more details, and in case you missed it, read Patrick Bromley's interview with Callahan.

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Elle Callahan’s horror film Head Count. The film stars Isaac W. Jay, Ashleigh Morghan, Bevin Bru, Billy Meade, Hunter Peterson, Chelcie May, Tory Freeth, Michael Herman, Amaka Obiechie, Sam Marra, and Cooper Rowe. Head Count premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and won the Nightfall Award. The film will be released in...

Tagline: "There's Something Strange Going on Here." Head Count is an upcoming indie horror film, from first time director Elle Callahan. The film is set near Joshua Tree National Park. Here, an entity needs victims to fulfill a deadly ritual. When five friends turn up, they are targeted by the creature and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins. In 2018, this film had its World Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Here, actress Ashleigh Morghan (Paper Shadows) won a Special Mention, in the acting category. The film also stars: Bevin Brue (The Vixens), Isaac W. Jay, Billy Meade and Hunter Peterson. Now, Head Count is slated for a Summer release. Story details are a bit sparse. However, director Callahan has mentioned that this film is a creature feature: "the story is a monster movie at the end of the day, and I really wanted to build a creature that had...

Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Elle Callahan’s horror film Head Count.

The film stars Isaac W. Jay, Ashleigh Morghan, Bevin Bru, Billy Meade, Hunter Peterson, Chelcie May, Tory Freeth, Michael Herman, Amaka Obiechie, Sam Marra, and Cooper Rowe. H

Ead Count premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and won the Nightfall Award. The film will be released in theatres and on digital June 14.

Synopsis:

Newcomer Evan joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around the campfire, Evan reads aloud a mysterious chant from an internet site. From that moment, someone--or something--is among them. As unsettling, inexplicable events become more frequent, Evan realizes this...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Head Count, the horror film from Elle Callahan that premiered at last year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, where the pic won a special jury prize for actor Ashleigh Morghan. It will now hit theaters and digital on June 14.

The script from Michael Nader centers on Evan (Isaac W. Jay) who joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around the campfire, Evan reads aloud a mysterious chant from a website. From that moment, someone — or something — is among them. As unsettling, inexplicable events become more frequent, Evan realizes this summoned shape-shifting creature is targeting them to fulfill a deadly ritual.

Morghan co-stars with Bevin Bru, Billy Meade, Hunter Peterson, Chelcie May, Tory Freeth, Michael Herman, Amaka Obiechie, Sam Marra and Cooper Rowe co-star. Sam Sandweiss and Brandon Somerhalder produced, and Hunter Peterson, Haoliang Harvey Zhang,...

A group of friends go to Joshua Tree to cut loose, but they instead find themselves fighting for their lives—and their sanity—when a lonely, transformative monster crashes the party in the new movie Head Count. Directed by Elle Callahan, Head Count recently premiered at the La Film Festival, and to celebrate, we've been provided with an exclusive clip and poster to share with Daily Dead readers!

Below, you can check out our exclusive clip and poster for Head Count, which stars Isaac W. Jay, Ashleigh Morghan, Bevin Bru, Billy Meade, and Hunter Peterson. In case you missed it, be sure to read Patrick Bromley's interview with Callahan to discuss her approach to the mythology behind the movie's unique monster.

Theatrical and home media release details for Head Count have yet to be revealed, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information is announced.