Would You Rather Make a Date With IFC in Room 237?
Steve Barton
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We’ve got some quick distribution news right here for you, kids, straight from the dark swirling abyss of goodness that is IFC Midnight. On tap for you right now are release dates for both Would You Rather and that odd little doc based on The Shining, Room 237.
Look for David Guy Levy’s Would You Rather, starring Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs and Sascha Grey, on February 8th in limited release and VOD.
Synopsis
In the wake of her parent’s death, Iris struggles to make ends meet while caring for her terminally ill younger brother. Shepard Lambrick, a seemingly philanthropic aristocrat, expresses an interest in helping them. When he invites her to an exclusive dinner party, she accepts. Also attending the dinner party are seven more desperate individuals. They soon find themselves trapped in Lambrick’s mansion and forced to play a sadistic game of Would You Rather, where the winner will be awarded untold amounts of money. As the game progresses, the dilemmas Iris and the other players face grow increasingly deadly.
Look for Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 in limited release and VOD on March 29th.
Synopsis:
After the box office failure of Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick decided to embark on a project that might have more commercial appeal. The Shining, Stephen King’s biggest critical and commercial success yet, seemed like a perfect vehicle. After an arduous production, Kubrick’s film received a wide release in the summer of 1980; the reviews were mixed, but the box office, after a slow start, eventually picked up. End of story? Hardly. In the 30 years since the film’s release, a considerable cult of Shining devotees has emerged, fans who claim to have decoded the film’s secret messages addressing everything from the genocide of Native Americans to a range of government conspiracies. Rodney Ascher’s wry and provocative Room 237 fuses fact and fiction through interviews with cultists and scholars, creating a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of Kubrick’s still-controversial classic.
For more visit the official Room 237 website, and follow Room 237 on Twitter.
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