Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic: release date and distributor set

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

It's been far too long since we've gotten a Neill Blomkamp movie. In the six years since Chappie came out, the District 9 director been associated with a lot of near-miss projects, such as his proposed Aliens and Robocop sequels, only for none to come to fruition. However, all that is set to change as Blomkamp secretly shot a horror movie called Demonic amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and now IFC Midnight has set it for an August 20th release! 

According to IFC Midnight's press release, "the film stars up-and-comers Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s The Vampire Diaries), and Michael Rogers (TV’s Siren, TV’s The Blacklist, TV’s Supernatural). 

In Demonic, a young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller from director Neill Blomkamp.

Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films said, “Neil Blomkamp exploded onto the filmmaking scene with DISTRICT 9 and has made his mark by creating films that challenge and subvert the genre. It’s exciting to work together on this highly anticipated new vision, and be immersed in yet another world terrifyingly similar to our own.”

Said AGC Chairman and CEO Ford, “IFC Midnight is an ideal brand for Neill’s first foray into supernatural terror to be released theatrically and in other media and we’re very confident in the job that Arianna and her team are going to do.”