Slasher comedy 'Family Movie' sets theatrical release for 2027

The Bacon family affair, Family Moviealready has a release date in theaters.

Variance Films set the premiere for April 23, 2027 in US theaters.

The meta slasher horror comedy is directed by the actors and husbands Kevin Bacon y Kyra Sedgwickin addition to starring in it with his children Bacon sauce (Smile) y Travis Bacon.

The plot follows a family of four in the world of cinema, eclectic but very united, who He suddenly finds himself in a real-life horror movie when a dead body appears on the set of his latest low-budget horror movie.. As the production comically spirals out of control, they realize that the only solution to continue filming is to cover up the murder, by any means necessary.

In more details:

Jack Smith (Kevin Bacon) is a failed independent filmmaker in the horror world, and Ellen (Kyra Sedgwick) is his understanding wife and long-time leading lady. His daughter, Ula (Sosie), is also an actress and, unbeknownst to her father, plans to leave her latest horror film to accept a role in a television series. His brother, Trent (Travis), is a musician and pole vault operator with dreams of becoming an MMA fighter.

Despite major financial problems, the family comes together to help Jack make what could be his last film, but the production is derailed when they discover that Ellen has more in common with the psychopathic killers in his films than anyone imagined.

The script was written by Dan Beers (Premature). This is the horror project Sedgwick talked about in June 2024.

Dark Castle Entertainment produces the feature film, along with the four members of the Bacon clan for Mixed Breed Films, and Norman Golightly of Dark Castle Entertainment.

Family Movie celebrated its world premiere at the SWSW Festival in March of this year.

Horror cinema is not a foreign genre for Bacon and Sedgwick; Bacon has starred in classics such as Friday the 13th y Tremorsand more recent titles such as You Should Have Left, They/Them, Leave the World Behindy MaXXXinewhile Sedgwick starred The Possession (2012).

As for films co-starring both of them, we have Murder in the First (1995), The Woodsman (2004), Cavedweller (2004), Cop Car (2014), and more recently Connescence.

Sosie Bacon, for her part, is recognized for her compelling lead performance in the horror hit Smile (2022) by Parker Finn, playing a therapist whose patient commits suicide in one of her sessions, thus giving him a demonic identity that stalks his victims until he possesses and kills them. Her other acting credits include Mare of Easttown y Here and Now, both from HBO, and 13 Reasons Why from Netflix; His brother Travis is a screenwriter, producer, actor, musician and film soundtrack composer.