NEON’s upcoming demonic horror It Lives Inside gets a creepy new poster today, plus a release date of September 22, 2023.
The directorial debut from Bishal Dutta, It Lives Inside stars Megan Suri (Missing), Neeru Bajwa (Jatt & Juliet 1 & 2), Mohana Krishnan, Vik Sahay (Captain Marvel) and Betty Gabriel (Get Out) and follows:
Sam is desperate to fit in at school, rejecting her Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. When a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage in order to defeat it.
Inspired by his own childhood experience of being born in India before emigrating to be raised in America, Dutta explains more about the duality of identity and influence in the film in his director’s statement:
After I moved to North America from India at the age of four, a lot of my social education came from watching American horror films. I always wondered, what were families like mine doing while Bruce the shark tore through Amity’s waters, while Freddy Krueger slashed teenagers in the dreamscape, and while Jack Torrance chased his son through the maze-like halls of the Overlook? As it developed, It Lives Inside formed its own dual identity much like mine. On one hand, it is a love letter to the community and culture that raised me while on the other, it is a visceral experience that is designed to instill the same raw terror in its viewers that my favorite horror films instilled in me.
Raymond Mansfield and Sean McKittrick of QC Entertainment produced, with NEON, Edward H. Hamm Jr, Jameson Parker, Arielle Voisvert, and Shawn Williamson executive producing.
Check out the official new poster for It Lives Inside below, and get September 22 in your diary!
