The Orchard has acquired North American distribution rights to “Southbound,” the anthology horror movie that hails from the creators of the popular “V/H/S” series. The distributor announced plans to release the film in the first half of 2016.
“Southbound” recently had its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival and just screened at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
“Southbound” features a unique narrative structure that includes five haunting tales tied together only by the fact that they all appear to take place in the same general universe. On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.