After garnering rave reviews - and quite a bit of notoriety - when it premiered at Fantasia Fest last summer, Rob Jabbaz’s feature debut, The Sadness, is set to debut on the Shudder streaming service on May 12.
The extreme zombie flick focuses on “a young couple, played by Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore) and Berant Zhu (We Are Champions, How to Train Your Dragon), trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.”
The majority of critics were very impressed by the film (it has a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes), but this Taiwanese gore-fest is definitely not for the squeamish, and reportedly (I haven't seen it yet) contains some of the most stomach-churning scenes of violence and depravity ever committed to film.
“It’s been such an enjoyably bizarre journey getting The Sadness made and distributed! I’m incredibly excited for everyone out there to finally see it!” Rob Jabbaz tells Deadline. “From the moment we first saw The Sadness, we knew this was something special. The film reaches heights rarely attained in the horror space."
"Rob Jabbaz is definitely a talent to watch,” added Raven Banner’s Managing Partner, Michael Paszt. “Shudder is hands down the home for The Sadness, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with them.”
Check out the recent red band trailer below... if you have the nerve!
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