LOS ANGELES (August 26, 2024) – Epic Pictures’ specialty horror label DREAD presents BEEZEL, the tale of a sinister secret hiding beneath the floors of a cursed New England home. BEEZEL will have a limited theatrical run beginning September 20, and on September 24 the film will be available to rent or purchase on video-on-demand (VOD).
BEEZEL was written by horror filmmaking duo Social House Films, composed of writer/director Aaron Fradkin and writer/star Victoria Fratz Fradkin. The duo’s previous project, The Ballerina, amassed over 19 million views on YouTube and was featured in Season 7 of Bloody Bites TV. Social House Films was also highlighted as one of the leading independent horror filmmakers in GQ’s article “The Most Exciting Horror Filmmaking is Happening on YouTube.”
Horror fans have been anxiously awaiting Social House Film’s second feature, BEEZEL. The first teaser exclusively debuted on Film Updates earlier this year and created lots of buzz with horror fans and top genre horror outlets.
“I’m really excited for audiences to experience Beezel. Aaron and Victoria have truly outdone themselves, creating something that will terrify, thrill, and haunt audiences long after the credits roll. I can’t wait to see people on the edge of their seats.” says Epic Pictures/Dread’s VP of US Distribution and Creative, Yulissa Morales.
“Beezel has a darkness that sinks you deep into a terrified trance from the very first scene and doesn’t let go,” says writer/director Aaron Fradkin. Writer/star Victoria Fratz Fradkin notes “It’s the kind of film you won’t be able to stop thinking about even when it’s done.
The official synopsis for the film reads: Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors – an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the souls of the living.
BEEZEL is directed by Aaron Fradkin (Death Record, Val, Electric Love) and written by Aaron Fradkin and Victoria Fratz Fradkin (Death Record, Val, Electric Love). Starring LeJon Woods (The Hangman, Island Escape, The Tomorrow Job), Bob Gallagher (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Sinister Cover-Up, Reasonable Men), Victoria Fratz Fradkin, Caroline Quigley and Nicolas Robin (Our Patriots, The Program, Black Ocean). Produced by Victoria Fratz Fradkin, Paul Kim, Adam Liderman and Aaron Fradkin.
About Epic Pictures Group
Founded in 2007, Epic Pictures is an independent content studio with the mission of delivering the best-in-class genre entertainment “for fans, by fans.” Epic Pictures produces, finances, and distributes approximately twenty-thirty independent genre films a year. In 2013, the company established Epic Pictures Releasing which is its US focused distribution division. In 2017, Epic Pictures acquired the world’s most popular horror website, Dread Central, and launched its unique horror label, Dread, followed by its AVOD channel, DreadTV. In 2019, Epic Pictures started the horror gaming site, DreadXP, with a focus on editorial, reviews, podcasts, and original streaming content. In 2020, DreadXP began a video game production and publishing division in collaboration with some of the most innovative developers in the independent gaming space.
