EXCLUSIVE: The Coven has picked up worldwide rights to Michael Schwarz’s slasher directorial debut The Only One ahead of its premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival this month.
Described as an ode to the slashers of the 80’s and 90’s with strong leading women, the film stars Mel Jarnson (Street Fighter) as protagonist Zoe who has returned to her Australian hometown after an unsuccessful attempt to become an actress in L.A..
Her homecoming takes a deadly turn when a mysterious “prince charming” starts murdering all her exes. Teaming up with high school best friend Piper (Saphira Moran), the two race to unmask the twisted killer, in a mission that will see Zoe face all the hearts she broke before prince charming is the only one left alive to claim her heart.
“The Only One taps into the growing appetite for relationship-driven horror films,” says Kendall Anlian of The Coven. “It’s fresh, smart, and wildly fun, Schwarz directs his first feature like a horror veteran, while Jarnson is an absolute force of charisma and badass energy, we’re lucky to be on board.”
The Only One is written by Marek Polgar and Martyn Pedler and directed by producer-turned-filmmaker Michael Schwarz. It is produced by John Schwarz with Australian-based production company Three777 Films as executive producers.
“The Coven are the newest additions to The Only One family, but it feels like they’ve been with us for the whole journey,” says Schwarz. “I couldn’t be more excited to have them introducing it to the market, and allowing this film to find its true audience.”
Female-owned The Coven, co-founded and led by Priscilla Ross Smith and Anlian, is no stranger to the slasher genre.
The Lyon and L.A.-based company handled worldwide sales of on Terrifier 2 and then produced and sold Terrifier 3, and more recently boarded Sunnyside, a dark cannibalism horror currently shooting in France.
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival runs from October 15 to 22.
