Screen Media nabs 'Inkubus'

Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to Chad A. Verdi's "Inkubus" starring horror film specialist Robert Englund.Woodhaven Production Co. announced the deal Friday and said the pic would open on Oct. 28, the pre-Halloween weekend at locations in Rhode Island,Massachusetts, Connecticut, NY, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida and California.Englund, who starred as the original Freddy Krueger in eight films, tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift of a closing police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when a demon calmly walks in with the severed head of a murdered girl, allows himself to be restrained and begins to confess his litany of crimes. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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