Are you ready for a new slasher icon? The world is. We’ve had Art the Clown, but no one else has come forward to challenge him for the throne. That looks like it could change with the scarecrow slasher Die’ced: Reloaded. The film comes out in theaters and on VOD on August 12th from Epic Pictures’ horror label Dread.
It’s written and directed by Jeremy Rudd, based on his 2023 short film Die’ced. Die’ced: Reloaded stars Eden Campbell, Jason Brooks, and Nigel Vona. It’s set in 1980s Seattle and centers on Benny, a serial killer who was accidentally released from an asylum and wears a scarecrow outfit on a rampage throughout the night. He’s hunting a young woman who has unknowingly become his fixation.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Seattle, Halloween night, 1987. Benny – an infamous serial killer long thought contained – breaks free from a high-security asylum, reborn behind a twisted scarecrow mask. As he leaves a trail of carnage across the suburbs, whispers of his gruesome past resurface, fueling panic in a city soaked in neon and fear. But Benny isn’t just killing for pleasure – he’s hunting someone. A young woman unknowingly tied to the darkest chapter of his madness becomes his fixation, and the closer he gets, the bloodier it gets. Die’ced: Reloaded delivers a brutal, synth-drenched slasher soaked in 1980s nostalgia, where Benny carves his place in horror history – one body at a time.
Here’s what Jeremy Rudd has to say about the film.
“I’m excited to bring audiences back to the gritty nostalgia of classic ’80s and ’90s slasher horror while blending it with modern horror […] I can’t wait for everyone to meet our final girl, Cassandra, and our soon-to-be iconic villain, Benny.”
Check out the trailer for Die’ced: Reloaded below.
Here’s what Epic Pictures CEO Patrick Ewald had to say about the film.
“When I first saw the original short film by Jeremy Rudd, Die’ced, I knew it had the potential to become something bigger, meaner, bloodier and with an ever more unhinged killer, Benny. Die’ced: Reloaded is exactly that. The team at Epic and Dread are proud to have helped bring this savage vision to life and thrilled to unleash it on horror fans who crave brutal creativity and fearless filmmaking.”
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