BRIGHT HILL ROAD TEAM TACKLES HOME HORROR IN ROMI
When it comes to genre output, few countries are pushing the boundaries of horror like Canada. For those who have been paying attention, this comes as no surprise, and for those who haven’t, it might well be time you start to get onboard. We here at Macabre Daily have reviewed heaps of films from our neighbors up North and so often they are the ones we are most fond of. Case in point, 2020’s BRIGHT HILL ROAD (read our review here) directed by ROBERT CUFFLEY and written by SUSIE MOLONEY. Well, it looks like the team is back together, and they are taking their award-winning short ROMI and giving it the feature-length treatment!
Read more in the press release below:
CALGARY--Shooting has begun on acclaimed Canadian Director Robert Cuffley's latest film, a tech-horror feature based on his award-winning short film, "Romi."
"Romi" is the disturbing story of a young woman on the run, forced to hide out in a state-of-the-art smart home, only to be terrorized by Romi, its sinister digital assistant. The screenplay was written by award-winning screenwriter Susie Moloney. Moloney also wrote the original short.
"Romi" is produced by Colin Sheldon of the Calgary-based production house, Nevermine Films, Sheldon previously produced Cuffley's first horror feature, 2019's acclaimed "Bright Hill Road."
The biggest challenge was finding a location. Cuffley said, "It had to look like a state-of-the-art home, we had to be able to get inside for the length of our shoot, and we needed the house to be empty through day and night shoots--it's a tall order for any location." The production found its dream set early in December last year and the dream came true just last month. "It's perfect," Cuffley admits.
Casting was equally challenging. "We have an embarrassment of riches in the west as far as acting talent goes," he says. "But we scored big with this cast." Alexa Barajas (Yellowjackets) will play Maddie and Juan Riedinger (Narcos) as Barkley. Czech actor Pavel Kriz (Mission Impossible) plays Hertig. Raven Banner is in for international sales, with Red Water Entertainment coming on as the Canadian distributor. Avi Federgreen (Motherly) joins the team as Executive Producer.
"Tech is always timely," says Producer Colin Sheldon. "But in this case, evil tech feels more timely than ever." Shooting continues into June.
We couldn’t be more excited for ROMI, and if you want to revisit our BRIGHT HILL ROAD interview with Producer COLIN SHELDON, writer SUSIE MOLONEY, and director ROBERT CUFFLEY check out the video below!
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