Gus Kenworthy Says of New Movie He’s in: ‘There will be blood! 😈🔪🩸’
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Olympic downhill skier Gus Kenworthy is starring in Jenn Wexler’s 1970s supernatural horror film The Sacrifice Game.
Kenworthy will star alongside Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Olivia Scott Welch (Fear Street), and Chloë Levine (The OA), and heads into production next week.
Kenworthy posted on Instagram:
There will be blood! 😈🔪🩸
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Wexler’s second feature following the 2018 horror film The Ranger (which was also distributed by Shudder) is set at a girls’ boarding school over Christmas break, 1971. It centers on Samantha and Clara, two students staying behind for the holidays, who must survive the night against uninvited visitors. Derek Johns (The Wolf and the Lion), Laurent Pitre (Under the Banner of Heaven), Madison Baines (1UP) and newcomer Georgia Acken will round out the cast.
“I am extremely excited to be working with this incredible cast and to be partnering again with Shudder and with RSM,” said Wexler. “The Sacrifice Game is my tribute to the beauty and boldness of ’70s horror, anchored in an unlikely friendship between outsiders.”
“After years working in genre, it is a highlight to be making a Shudder original with this film. Wexler’s thrilling vision pulled us in from the start,” said producers Kalin-Hajdu and Melamed in a joint statement. “We have never seen Mena Massoud and Olivia Scott Welch in roles like these and we can’t wait to share it with the world. We are grateful to be working with Shudder and RSM.”
