Creepers: Jake Manley, Adeline Rudolph & more join horror film based on novel by First Blood author

Less than three weeks have gone by since we heard that Lionsgate and Suretone Pictures are teaming up to fund a film adaptation of First Blood author David Morrell’s “supernatural adventure thriller” novel Creepers (pick up a copy HERE). It was said that the movie, directed by Marc Klasfeld, would begin filming in Bulgaria on July 25th. And now that filming has begun, Deadline has announced the names of several cast members! Creepers is set to star Jake Manley (Infamous), Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil), Francesca Reale (Stranger Things), Laurence O’Fuarain (Viking Destiny), Nicholas Hamilton (It), Javier Botet (The Conjuring 2), Skylan Brooks (The Darkest Minds), and Kai Caster (The Baxters).

Creepers tells the story of

a group of young urban explorers who plan to investigate an old, boarded up, seemingly abandoned hotel, only to encounter danger at every turn in the form of a competing group of hostile urban explorers seeking to find a legendary hidden treasure as well as a supernatural being who wreaks havoc on all.

Deadline also gave details on the characters each one of the Creepers cast members will be playing. “Manley will play Rick, the official leader of the Creepers; Rudolph will play Diane, the unofficial leader of the group, and Rick’s rebellious, defying, impulsive girlfriend; Reale will play Cora, a parkour expert and the key in the group who opens doors wherever they’re closed while keeping everyone honest; O’Faurain will play Balenger, a mysterious, brooding, powerful stranger with a secret and who isn’t who he says he is; Hamilton will play Tod, leader of the Scavengers, a rival urbex group and who is particularly cruel and vicious; Botet will play the supernatural Pale Creature whose domain is the abandoned Paragon Hotel; Brooks will play Vernon, the 4th Creeper, a wise-cracking tech-nerd who is not doing a good job of hiding his true feelings for Cora; and Caster will play JD, once a Creeper, but exiled after breaking their code and further betraying them by joining the rival Scavs.”

Klasfeld previously directed the 2005 comedy The L.A. Riot Spectacular and has over twenty years of music videos to his name. Along the way, he also directed an episode of the HBO series Oz. He provided Deadline with the following statement:

We have assembled a truly amazing cast for Creepers who share the incredible passion of myself and (producer Jordan Schur) to bring this one-of-a-kind horror-adventure story to life. After so many painstaking years in development to get our script right, to be completely honest, I find myself enormously excited to begin shooting.”

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