FRIGHTFEST 2011: New Trailer & UK Release Info for Lucky McKee's THE WOMAN

Yesterday Lucky McKee's The Woman made its UK premier at Frightfest 2011in London and today Revolver Group have announced the release info for the movies UK Release. The movie is getting a limited cinematic release from September 30th before been unleashed on DVD/Blu-Ray in October/September, Pierre yesterday watched the movie at Frightfest and returned with a glowing report so look out for his review in the coming weeks. Below is a new press release promoting the UK release, please read it to find out the cinemas that will be screening the movie, then check out the new American trailer and poster too.

“ESSENTIAL VIEWING… ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING AND DISTURBING FILMS YOU’LL SEE THIS YEAR.” – ALL THINGS HORROR ONLINE.

Described by the Hollywood Reporter as being “like an especially perverse Lars Von Trier outing” and by Variety as “an exercise in extreme horror”, The Woman earlier this year proved itself to be one of the most controversial films ever to be screened at the Sundance Film Festival, thanks to its realistic and unflinching depiction of the psychological and physical brutality visited by what appears to be a normal American family upon a seemingly disadvantaged and helpless woman.

Directed by Lucky McKee (The Woods; Masters Of Horror; May) and co-written by award winning horror novelist Jack Ketchum (Red; The Girl Next Door; The Lost), the film stars Angela Bettis (Toolbox Murders; Carrie; May), Sean Bridgers (Deadwood) and Pollyanna McIntosh (Burke And Hare; Exam; Land Of The Lost) in a savage and harrowing film examining the darkness of human nature.

When lawyer and proud family man Chris Cleek (Bridgers) stumbles across a wild, feral woman (McIntosh) bathing in a woodland stream near his isolated country home, he immediately makes a decision that will dramatically change both their lives.


Chris captures the woman and chains her up in the fruit cellar below his house, intending to tame and civilize her. To assist him, he enlists the help of his long-suffering wife Belle (Bettis), their two teenage children, Peggy and Brian, and even their youngest daughter, Darlin’. But when the task at hand proves to be more difficult than first imagined, the Cleek family’s fascination and well-intentioned compassion quickly turns to abhorrence and sadistic cruelty. Now, the animal in everyone is about to be revealed, along with one or two of Chris’ other little secrets.

“Insanely brutal… [and] truly disturbing” (Dread Central), The Woman takes viewers on a shocking and emotional rollercoaster ride full of psychological twists and turns that build to a haunting and unforgettable climax.

The Woman (cert. tbc) is released by Revolver Entertainment and will open at selected UK cinemas from 30th September 2011.

Revolver Entertainment have also united the UK's leading horror festivals and film clubs who will come together for the very first time to showcase the film at special screenings around the country from 30th September 2011. These include: Cigarette Burns at the Prince Charles Cinema, London; Celluloid Screams at The Showroom, Sheffield; Abertoir at The Arts Centre, Aberystwyth; TerrorVision at Film Base, Dublin; Mayhem at The Broadway, Nottingham; Dead By Dawn at The Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Grimm Up North at the AMC, Manchester.

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