Horror icon Robert Englund will be lending his voice to one of the lifelike puppets, joining a cast that includes James Marsters, Sid Haig, and Christopher McDonald.
Written by Evan Marlowe, Abruptio is a twisted tale about Les Hackel (Marsters), who discovers that a sinister race of beings is manipulating mankind in order to cause chaos. He must uncover their plan before the explosive they’ve implanted in his neck detonates.
Englund is, of course, best known for playing the character Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street films. This time around he will be portraying Mr. Salk, a neurotic accountant with crippling OCD who is forced to commit crimes — namely, dragging people into a giant meat grinder — alongside Les.
“I am incredibly honored to have legends like Sid Haig and Robert Englund on board,” Marlowe says. “These are some of the guys who made me fall in love with the genre, who have that rare talent to terrify as they make you laugh. That’s such a critical aspect of Abruptio.”
Principal photography of the puppets is set to start in 2016 with most of the main voices in the can this year.
The poster for Sid Haig's upcoming horror thriller 'ABRUPTIO', has worked it's way online... The film Stars: James Marsters, Christopher McDonald, Carole Ruggier, Patrick Cavanaugh, Kerry Finlayson, David Alen Smith, Alice L. Walker, John Wuchte, Darren Darnborough and of course Sid Haig...
Everyone's A Puppet! The story centers around Les Hackel (Marsters), a guy down on his luck who wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck. He must carry out heinous crimes in order to stay alive while trying to identify the mastermind manipulating the now twisted and strange world around him...
Written and Directed By: Evan Marlowe - The film is being produced By: Kerry Marlowe, Martin White, Susan and Barry Finlayson...
