Consecration: Jena Malone, Christopher Smith thriller set for 2023 release

Consecration, the latest movie from genre regular filmmaker Christopher Smith, whose credits include Creep, Severance, Triangle, Black Death, Detour, and The Banishing, has just secured distribution! Variety reports that IFC Midnight will be giving the supernatural thriller a theatrical release sometime in 2023, then the film will be moving over for the Shudder streaming service. Shudder has the exclusive rights to Consecration‘s first streaming window.

Scripted by Smith and Laurie Cook, Consecration follows Grace as she goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what was behind the suspicious death of her brother, a priest. She is initially helped by Father Romero, but she soon comes to distrust the account of the church as she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.

Jena Malone (The Hunger Games) plays Grace, with Danny Huston (Wonder Woman) as Father Romero. Janet Suzman (Nicolas and Alexandra) is also in the cast.

Co-writer Laurie Cook produced Consecration for Bigscope Films alongside Xavier Marchand of Moonriver Content and Jason Newmark of Newscope Films. AGC and Sherborne Capital provided the funding. AGC founder Stuart Ford served as an executive producer with Linda McDonough, and Miguel Palo. Zachary Garrett, Bigscope’s Ed Fraiman, and Adam Nagel are co-executive producers and Casey Herbert of Moonriver Content co-producer.

Arianna Bocco of IFC Films provided the following statement: “Christopher Smith is the premiere contemporary genre filmmaker working today. He is a true original, and we’re thrilled to finally work with him at IFC Films and Shudder. We could not be more excited to be back in business with Stuart and the team at AGC Studios.“

Consecration sounds interesting to me, so I look forward to checking it out sometime next year. How does Consecration sound to you? Are you a fan of Christopher Smith’s genre work? Let us know by leaving a comment below.