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A fire puts Joan’s estranged father in the hospital, and then the audio recordings start arriving. Recluse, the Tribeca horror film from Antlers co-writer Henry Chaisson, is heading to theaters in the first half of 2027 after Vertical picked up North American rights.
Deadline broke the deal on Friday. Tony Piantedosi and Rachel White negotiated for Vertical, with Mike Chapman of Blue Finch Films representing the filmmakers. Vertical partner Peter Jarowey said the company is “thrilled to bring Recluse to theaters next year.”
Chaisson Wrote ‘Antlers’ Before He Directed This
Recluse is Chaisson’s first feature as a director. His screenwriting credit before this was Antlers, Scott Cooper’s 2021 wendigo film for Searchlight, which Chaisson wrote with Cooper and Nick Antosca. He took three jobs on this one: he wrote and directed it, co-edited it with Nik Voytas, and composed the score.
Sasha Frolova plays Joan, who goes home to retrace her mother’s last days and finds the disappearance tied to a wider family tragedy, with someone working to keep it quiet. Bryce Holden shot it, and the film runs 106 minutes.
The Cast Pulls From Horror’s Regulars
Toby Poser plays Lydia. She makes films with the Adams Family, whose The Glorious Dead went to Shudder in September. Xander Berkeley, of the 1992 Candyman and The Walking Dead, is in it as well, along with Mia Vallet as Emily, Kimball Farley and Frankie Seratch.
Josh Lobo, who directed I Trapped the Devil, produces alongside Gillian Cooper, Alex Dandino, Katharina Windemuth and Chaisson. Steven Schneider, a producer on Paranormal Activity, came aboard as an executive producer in May through his Spooky Pictures. Points North and Restricted Pictures co-produced.
Tribeca, Fantasia and FrightFest Came First
The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 4 and played Fantasia and FrightFest after that. It came out of Tribeca with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score from a dozen reviews.
Vertical has not set an exact date inside the 2027 window. Schneider’s pitch for the film is blunter than a distribution announcement usually gets: “Recluse gets under your skin, then claws its way back out. Oh, and it leaves a scar.”