Cult-horror cinema is as hot as ever, and The Observance is the newest entry in the fright fare subgenre. We have the poster and first images for you, and for a peek at the teaser trailer, visit the film’s official website here. For further eeriness related to the film, check here. Following is an official press announcement.
Beyond Casual Media’s The Observance, directed by Robert Hollocks and co-written with Amy Rhinehart Bailey, has been selected as a nominee and is in competition at the 14th Annual International Horror Hotel Film Festival. The film reunites the same team that developed and produced the critically lauded horror film Mister Sleep (2024).
The film stars Ted Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man trilogy) as Richard Abernathy and Kate Dailey (Mister Sleep) as Madison Neubauer. The Observance is the story of a woman who awakens from a five-year coma after a terrible car accident to find her world drastically altered. An enigmatic, Svengali-like religious leader has taken over her home and her husband and daughter have fallen completely under his control. But it’s not just her own family – the entire town is under the influence of his insidious cult. Determined to uncover the truth, she underestimates just how far the cult will go to protect its secrets. The Observance drops right into the middle of a cultural identity crisis—where truth is up for grabs, belief is a battleground, and everyone’s just trying to figure out where they belong.
