Wednesday 1st May, London, UK: Sunrise Films have announced the release of their upcoming claustrophobic horror/thriller The Girl in the Trunk.

Strap in, and let the enigmatic thriller take you for a ride. Starring Caspar Phillipson (Jackie, Blonde) and Katharina Sporrer (Genius), and written and directed by Jonas Kvist Jensen, this tight tense thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat.

A woman finds herself kidnapped and entrapped in the enclosed space of a speeding car’s trunk, wearing her wedding dress, and with her phone as the only available tool. The situation deteriorates gradually as a failed escape attempt costs the life of an innocent bystander.

With the clock ticking towards a slow death from heat exhaustion in the Texas desert, a psychotic kidnapper at the wheel, Amanda is forced to make her own luck in the end. A dangerous game of questions and deadly consequences – to be played over the phone with the mysterious kidnapper – seems the only way to maybe discover his true identity, getting help or simply fighting her painful way towards a fleeting chance of escape.

About Sunrise Films

Sunrise Films is a new production and internationally focused distribution company that has been launched by Rupert Preston and Nigel Williams.

It produced the Accused, directed by Phil Barantini, which was launched on Netflix in the UK, ANZ, Canada on 22 September, 2023 and has been sold internationally around the world by XYZ Films.

It has also produced Gassed Up, directed by George Amponsah, which was theatrically released in the UK via Vertigo Releasing in January 2024 and is now successfully launched on Amazon Prime in the UK. Sunrise Films is handling all international sales for the film.

Rupert Preston is also the CEO of Vertigo Releasing and he has produced over 25 films including Bronson, The Sweeney, Pusher, Horrid Henry: The Movie and Monsters. Nigel Williams is the Chairman of Vertigo Releasing and Protagonist Pictures.