Move Over Slender… The Anguished Man Is Coming to the Screen
Steve Barton
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Much like Slenderman, another “legend” is crawling out of the Creepypasta to make its way to scare folks on a far larger scale. Are you familiar with the haunted painting of The Anguished Man? You will be soon enough!
As the “true” story goes, the artist behind this project used his own blood to paint the image before committing suicide. The painting then fell into the possession of Sean Robinson’s grandmother, who inherited it upon her passing and has since been posting YouTube videos of supposed paranormal events centered around the painting.
From the Press Release:
La Brea Pictures has acquired life story rights for one of the most well-known haunted items, “The Anguished Man” painting. The script for the film has been written by an American-Finnish female director, Tii Ricks, who will also direct the film.
Based on a true story and set in the United Kingdom, Anguished tells the story of an Englishman who inherits a weird painting locked away in an attic, away from sight. The real life painting, “The Anguished Man,” is acclaimed to be one of the most haunted items in the world. It has been a subject of several paranormal studies, and it is one of the most referred haunted items amongst the “Annabelle Doll” and “Dybbuk Box.” The 2014 self-titled film Annabelle about the Annabelle Doll grossed over $256 million dollars worldwide, whereas The Possession, telling the story of the Dybbuk Box, crossed 78.5 million dollars.
Tii Ricks has won several awards for her work as a director and editor in her other home country, Finland. Anguished will be her third feature film. In 2015, she directed the Arctic Circle-based horror feature Rage: Midsummer’s Eve. The owner of the “The Anguished Man” painting, Sean Robinson, has been attached as an associate producer for the film.
“I am thrilled to be able to bring the story of ‘The Anguished Man’ on the screen,” Ricks said. “There is something really intriguing about haunted items and especially haunted paintings – they really appeal to our biggest fears and imagination.” With Sean Robinson as an associate producer, the filmmakers are planning to let people all over the world see the most haunted painting in the world live. “I wouldn’t recommend touching the painting, but it would be great to take the painting with me to conventions and paranormal events to meet people and to let people feel the painting’s weird energy,” said Robinson.
For more info visit the official Anguished website.
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