St. Agatha is a 2018 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Abattoir; The Barrens; 11-11-11; Saw II; III and IV; et al) from a screenplay by Andy Demetrio, Shaun Fletcher, Sara Sometti Michaels and Clint Sears (Tales of Halloween); it stars Sabrina Kern, Carolyn Hennesy and Courtney Halverson.
Set in the 1950s, in a small town Georgia, where a pregnant con woman named Agatha is on the run and seeks refuge in a convent hidden in deafening isolation.
What first starts out as the perfect place to have a child turns into a dark layer where silence is forced, ghastly secrets are masked, and every bit of willpower Agatha has is tested. She soon learns the sick and twisted truth of the convent and the odd people that lurk inside its halls.
Agatha must now find a way to discover the unyielding strength needed to escape and save her baby before she’s caged behind these walls forever…
Bousman has commented on the movie: “I have always been attracted to the dark, sinister, and macabre. But, as I find myself getting older and now being a dad, blood and guts no longer amuse me. I need something more. I look for content, character and themes.
St. Agatha spoke to me as it takes a look at the unflinching horrors that befell women in the 1950’s and how that parallels to the not so different horrors that are befalling them today. It was amazing to work with such a strong female cast, and I look forward to pulling back the curtain and letting others glimpse into our sinister world.”
Having been picked up by Octane Entertainment, St. Agatha is currently in post-production for a 2018 release.
Main cast:
- Sabrina Kern … Mary – The House (short)
- Carolyn Hennesy … Mother Superior – Two Sentence Horror Stories; Necessary Evil
- Courtney Halverson … Catherine – Unfriended; Red Clover; Ghost Whisperer
- Seth Michaels … Father Andrew
- Trin Miller … Paula
- Lindsay Seim … Doris
- Shaun Fletcher … Deputy Pearl
- Maximus Murrah … William
- Hannah Fierman … Sarah
- Myles Cranford … Foreman Johnson, DVM
Filming locations:
Madison, Georgia, USA
