Slaxx

Not to be confused with Slax.
Slaxx
Promotional release poster
Directed byElza Kephart
Written byPatricia Gomez
Elza Kephart
Produced byPatricia Gomez
Anne-Marie Gélinas
Shaked Berenson
StarringRomane Denis
Brett Donahue
Sehar Bhojani
Stephen Bogaert
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byMirenda Ouellet
Music byDelphine Measroch
Production
companies
EMA Films
Entertainment Squad
Distributed byThe Horror Collective[1]
Release dates
  • August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23) (Fantasia)[2]
  • September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11) (Canada)
[citation needed]
Running time
77 minutes[3]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Slaxx is a 2020 Canadian horror comedy film[4] directed by Elza Kephart, who co-wrote the film with Patricia Gomez.[5] The film is produced by Gomez with Anne-Marie Gélinas, and stars Romane Denis as a cashier in a clothing store who, with her fellow employees, is terrorized by a possessed pair of jeans.[5][6]

Slaxx premiered digitally as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival in August 2020.[7][8][9] The film was set to be released theatrically in Canada on August 26, 2020.[10] Shudder acquired the film's streaming rights for a 2021 debut.[11]

  1. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (November 12, 2019). "Shaked Berenson And Jonathan Barkan Launch Genre Distro Label The Horror Collective". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Slaxx". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Slaxx" (in German). Fantasy Filmfest. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Squires, John (July 10, 2020). "A Possessed Pair of Jeans Goes on a Bloody Murder Spree in Horror-Comedy 'Slaxx' [Trailer]". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Vlessing, Etan (February 9, 2019). "Berlin: Romane Denis Nabs Lead in Slasher Pic 'Slaxx'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Evangelista, Chris (February 13, 2019). "'Slaxx' is a Real Movie About a Pair of Killer Jeans". /Film. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Duchesne, André (9 July 2020). "Six films québécois en première mondiale à Fantasia". La Presse (in French). Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  8. ^ Malyk, Lauren (July 10, 2020). "SLAXX, For the Sake of Vicious set for Fantasia". Playback. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  9. ^ Foutch, Haleigh (July 10, 2020). "Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Unveils 30 New Films in Jam-Packed Second Wave". Collider. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "SLAXX to be World Premiered at Fantasia". EMA Films. July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  11. ^ Musnicky, Sarah (August 20, 2020). "Elza Kephart's SLAXX Acquired by Shudder". Nightmarish Conjurings. Retrieved August 29, 2020.