Sorry About the Demon: Emily Hagins film coming to Shudder in 2022

I tend to think Emily Hagins is still a little kid, since she first made headlines for making her feature directorial debut with the zombie movie Pathogen when she was just 12 years old. (An endeavor that was chronicled in the documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie.) But the fact is, that was a while ago, and Hagins has earned several more directing credits since. She recently directed the Cold Open segment of the anthology Scare Package, which was produced by Paper Street Pictures and released through the Shudder streaming service, and now she has re-teamed with those companies for the horror comedy Sorry About the Demon, which Shudder will be releasing in the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand in 2022.

Written and directed by Hagins, Sorry About the Demon tells the story of

a young man struggling with a broken heart who has just learned his new place is full of restless spirits.

The film stars Jon Michael Simpson, Olivia Ducayen, Paige Evans, Jeff McQuitty, and Presley Allard.

Sorry About the Demon was produced by Ben Hanks, Pasha Patriki, Paper Street Pictures’ Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead, and Cameron Burns, and Shudder’s Emily Gotto.

Koontz had this to say about the project:

Working with Emily on Scare Package was such an eye-opening experience. Emily was one of the most prepared and thorough filmmakers I’d ever seen. And now, getting the chance to team yet again with Shudder and showcase Emily’s talents with this wonderful mix of John Hughes by way of James Wan, is such a delight that I can’t wait for audiences to discover.”

Gotto added:

Sorry About the Demon is a terrific showcase for Emily’s talent for both horror and comedy, with a story that is scary, funny and surprisingly moving. We’re thrilled to be working with her and Aaron again, and can’t wait to share the film with Shudder members next year.”

The Zombie Girl documentary and the Scare Package segment are all I have seen of Hagins’ work, so I have some catching up to do. That “John Hughes by way of James Wan” description makes Sorry About the Demon sound promising to me.