Australian horror film Needle selected for Screamfest

Australian made horror film Needle has been selected to screen at US horror film festival Screamfest in Los Angeles next month.

Needle was filmed in Perth and produced by Filmscope Entertainment. According to the synopsis, it “tells the story of young college student (Dorman) who inherits a strange 18th century mechanical contraption that has deadly supernatural powers. When the device is stolen and his friends start dying, the student must reunite with his estranged older brother in order to uncover the thief and stop the killings.”

Needle features a well known Australian cast incuding Jessica Marais (Packed to the Rafters), Michael Dorman (Daybreakers, Triangle) and Ben Mendolsohn (Animal Kingdom).

Producer Deidre Kitcher said: “Screamfest is known as the ‘Sundance of Horror’ for a reason, it’s the largest horror film festival in the US and it’s where the coolest genre films from around the world are discovered.”

Needle will be released in Australia early next year.