Creepy-crawly Growth finally comes home this September

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 16 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Back in February we unleashed 6 whole minutes from Gabriel Cowan’s slithery thriller GROWTH. We’ve seen lots from the flick over the past year or so (we also brought you the first 2 minutes), but we haven’t had the luxury of telling you when to expect its formal arrival. Well thankfully that has now changed, as a press release tells us that Anchor Bay will release GROWTH on SEPTEMBER 7th. We’ve also got the DVD artwork, which you can peep below.

Growth begins in 1989, when a breakthrough in advanced parasitic research on Kuttyhunk Island gives scientists a jump in human evolution, endowing subjects with heightened physical and mental strength. But, the experiment went horribly wrong, producing a lethal parasite that mysteriously killed off three quarters of the island’s population, with the survivors fleeing for their lives.

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Twenty years later, Jamie Akerman (Monroe), who lost her mother in the outbreak, returns with her boyfriend (Krause), step-brother and best friend to sell the family property. There, they uncover the key to Jamie’s disturbing past, and the horrifying secrets long suppressed by the town’s leader Larkin (Riehle). When the past seems to be finally buried, a new strain of parasite emerges, and threatens the island once again. They can slither into – or out of – any orifice in the human body. The final step in evolution has begun…

Here’s a list of the special features included:

– Audio Commentary with Writer/Producer/Director Gabriel Cowan and Producer Amiee Clark
– Audio Commentary with Actors Mircea Monroe, Christopher Shand, and Nora Kirkpatrick
– Growth In Development – Behind the scenes featurette with cast/crew interviews
– Korea Online – How Director Gabriel Cowan in Los Angeles directed one scene shot in Seoul, Korea via online camera
– Deleted Scenes
– Trailer

GROWTH stars Mircea Monroe, Christopher Shand, Brian Krause, Nora Kirkpatrick, Richard Riehle, Alexi Wasser, and Ian Patrick Williams.

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