EXCLUSIVE: Cineverse has acquired all North American rights to body-swap psychological thriller Devils, which is receiving its worldwide premiere at Fantasia Worldwide Movie Pageant in Montreal.

Directed by Kim Jae-hoon, the movie is nominated for Fantasia’s New Flesh Competitors for Finest First Function. Seoul-based gross sales agent Finecut is dealing with worldwide gross sales on the movie, which opened in Korea final month and has additionally offered strongly throughout Asia. 

Cineverse plans to launch Devils this fall on its horror streaming service Screambox, powered by Bloody Disgusting.

Additionally scripted by Kim, the movie follows a decided murder detective assigned to take down a hoop of serial killers, who has a private motivation as one of many victims is his personal brother-in-law. When he lastly collides with a assassin, an surprising flip of occasions leaves him waking up in hospital trapped within the physique of the very killer he sought to apprehend. 

The movie stars Oh Dae-hwan and Jang Dong-yoon with Cho Il-hyung and Kim Sang-yoon as Government Producers and Gu Sung-mok as Producer.

Brad Miska, Managing Director of Bloody Disgusting/Cineverse, mentioned: “Screambox followers are going to go nuts for Kim Jae-hoon’s psychological thriller. The movie’s suspense and psychological depth are paying homage to the traditional thriller Face/Off infused with a horror twist and gory brutality.”

The deal was negotiated by Cineverse Director of Acquisitions Brandon Hill and Finecut CEO Youngjoo Suh.