Last month we brought you the news that a new horror-comedy was in the works called STITCHES from out of the UK. Well we have more news on the film as it has officially wrapped with Production. An announcement was made concerning the news, the film wrapped up in Dublin. A brand new still was also issued which you can take a look at above. This marks our first look at the title character!
IT’S A WRAP!
STITCHES is a Dark Sky Films original production in partnership with Fantastic Films and the Irish Film Board. Shooting wrapped this weekend in Dublin. The film stars popular British Comedian, Ross Noble and Tommy Knight of Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures and is directed by Conor McMahon (Disturbed, Dead Meat). STITCHES is the macabre story of Richard ‘Stitches’ Grindle, a jaded workaday kids’ birthday clown, whose one-liners are witty in a way that’s just not for kids. Stitches falls victim to a fatal party mishap at the hands of a group of particularly nasty children. Years later, the group of now teenagers attend a party at which Stitches is the uninvited guest of honor, returning to avenge his untimely death.
The movie is the latest original production coming from MPI Media Group’s Dark Sky Films, whose recent productions include The Innkeepers, Stake Land, Hatchet 2, and upcoming Hatchet 3 and Frankenstein’s Army. Dublin’s Fantastic Films, run by John McDonnell and Brendan McCarthy, has produced many successful genre films, including Hammer Films’ Wake Wood and Outcast. The film is also being produced with finance help from the Irish Film Board.
Sounds like one sick and twisted puppy, count me in! No word on any sort of release but we can assume their aim is for next year some time. We shall keep our eyes and hears open for further news on the film.