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XYZ Films has released the trailer for an upcoming psychological horror thriller titled Karma in awakening. Michael Madsen (The Hateful Eight, Kill Bill, Specie) stars in the film as a sinister cult leader and tells the story of “buried family secrets and rampant religious fanaticism”. It looks like the film will offer a messy and twisted story.

In the film, “Karma and her mother have spent their lives escaping their cult leader father Paul (Madsen). With Paul closing in as Karma reaches adulthood, she and her mother flee to a friend’s remote compound. Paul tracks them there and traps them within her walls, subjecting Karma to a series of escalating trials designed to break her spirit and awaken an unholy legacy that lives within her.

The movie comes from Carlos Montaner And Liz Fania Werner, and explains that “the exciting new film cleverly combines paranoia and suspense in a psychologically destructive journey into the unknown. Along with dynamite performances by Michael Madsen and Hannah Christine Shetler, Karma in awakening it is ready to explode when January 26 arrives.”

Writer and co-director Liz Fania Werner said in a statement: “I was inspired to write Karma in awakening after a family member joins a religious sect whose practice centers on regressive views on gender roles and sexuality. When we read that there are approximately 3,000 cults in the United States with an estimated membership of between 300,000 and three million, we were both immediately drawn to using this film as a vehicle to explore our fears of losing our autonomy as human beings. , either to a larger religious institution or to those who supposedly love us the most.“

Co-director Carlos Montaner added, “We were particularly curious about the ways women internalize misogyny and pass it on to their daughters, often through religious traditions involving marriage, ‘purity’ and other forms of physical and mental control.” on their bodies. ” The directors note: “We hope our dark fairy tale will be read as a kind of love letter to the right of every person to determine their own path in life, no matter how hard they fight to get rid of what others have said theirs is their destiny. .“

Alex WilliamsManager of Acquisitions and Development at XYZ Films, adds: “Karma in awakening has haunted everyone’s thoughts at XYZ Films ever since the project first crossed our radar. This is one of the creepiest cult-themed horror stories we’ve seen in years, and we can’t wait for it to start finding its sequel this January.

Karma in awakening will be released on North American VOD on January 26th. Watch the trailer and tell us what you think!