Glorious: Shudder acquires J.K. Simmons, Ryan Kwanten rest stop bathroom horror film

A few months ago, we heard that Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) had been cast in a horror movie called Glorious, a story of supernatural horror set in a rest stop bathroom. Now it has been announced that Shudder has picked up the right to stream the film in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Glorious will be available to watch on Shudder as of August 18th.

Directed by Rebekah McKendry (All the Creatures Were Stirring) from a script by Todd Rigney, Joshua Hull, and David Ian McKendry, Glorious is about

a young man (Kwanten) who is spiraling out of control after a bad breakup. His situation worsens after he finds himself locked inside a rest stop bathroom with a mysterious figure (Simmons) speaking to him from an adjacent stall. As he tries to escape, he realizes he is an unwilling player in a situation bigger than he could have imagined.

Glorious was produced by AMP’s Bob Portal and Inderpal Singh, Fallback Plan Productions’ Joe Wicker and Morgan Peter Brown, Jason Scott Goldberg, and Christian Armogida. This is a collaboration between Fallback Plan and Eyevox Entertainment. Eyevox’s Rick Moore from Eyevox serves as executive producer alongside AMP’s James Norrie and Nina Kolokouri, Barbara Crampton, Mark Cartier, Gaba Gavi, Kevin Kale, and Kwanten. Jessica Taylor is an associate producer.

Norrie promised that “Glorious is so deliciously bonkers that people are going to be talking about it for years.” The director added, “Glorious speaks to my love of cosmic horror, gore, absurdist humor, philosophy, and the type of transgressive movies that leave you thinking ‘I can’t believe I just saw that.’”

Shudder’s Craig Engler said,

With Glorious, Rebekah brings Lovecraftian horror to a place it’s never been seen before: a rest stop men’s room. She and her all-star cast have created an inventive and original cosmic horror that manages to be both darkly hilarious and profoundly personal.”

I’m glad to hear this movie has landed distribution and that the release date is so near, because I really want to check it out. Are you looking forward to Glorious? Let us know by leaving a comment below.