Watch THE SADNESS in Canadian Cinemas Before it Hits VOD, Two Nights Only!

Following An Impressive Global Festival Run

The Shudder Original Film Will Premiere Theatrically 

In Select Cinemas Across Canada April 29 + April 30

 

Cineplex - Yonge & Dundas

Cineplex Odeon - Eglinton Town Centre, Scarborough

Cineplex - Ajax

Cineplex Odeon - Winston Churchill, Oakville

Playhouse - Hamilton

Original Princess - Waterloo

Mayfair Theatre - Ottawa

Galaxy - Barrie

Galaxy - Guelph

Galaxy - Peterborough

Cineplex Odeon - Niagara Square

The Rio - Vancouver

Cinematheque - Winnipeg

SilverCity - Thunder Bay

SilverCity - Sudbury

Cineplex Odeon - Latin Quarter, Montreal

Cineplex Park Lane - Halifax

 

May 12, The Film Is Available on VOD

iTunes (Pre-Order begins April 26)

Cineplex on Demand, Shaw VOD & Vimeo on Demand, and starts streaming on Shudder Canada 

 

Get ready Canada! Raven Banner is releasing The Sadness, the much-anticipated feature debut from Canadian director Rob Jabbaz.

 

Following its impressive festival run that began at the prestigious 74th annual Locarno Film Festival, and celebrated screenings at the Fantasia International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, where the film took awards for Best First Feature in Montreal, and for Best Horror, and Best Direction, in Austin.

 

The film will have a special theatrical appearance in many select cinemas across Canada on April 29 + 30, then be available on VOD starting May 12 that includes iTunes, Cineplex on Demand, Shaw VOD + Vimeo on Demand, and on Shudder in Canada. The film will also be available the same day May 12 on Shudder in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. 

 

The Sadness was shot in Taipei, Taiwan where writer/director Rob Jabbaz - originally from Mississauga, Ontario - now resides, and follows a young couple, played by Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore) and Berant Zhu (We Are Champions, How to Train Our Dragon), trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists. Tzu Chiang Wang (It’s Drizzling) and In Ru Chen also star. 

 

The film is produced by David Barker and executive produced by Li-Cheng Huang, while Eunice Cheng associate produced for Machi Xcelsior Studios.

 

“It’s been such an enjoyably bizarre journey getting ‘The Sadness’ made and distributed!  I’m incredibly excited for everyone out there to finally see it!” said Rob Jabbaz

 

The Sadness shocked audiences around the globe and was renowned for receiving trigger warnings from genre festival programmers who had never before felt the need to use such labels. Likened to as a return to transgressive ’90s Hong Kong Category III exploitation films by Fantasia Artistic Director Mitch Davis. 

 

Toronto-based sales and distribution company Raven Banner Entertainment represents the title worldwide and is releasing it in Canada, and said on the acquisition by Shudder:

 

"From the moment we first saw The Sadness, we knew this was something special," said Raven Banner's Managing Partner Michael Paszt. "The film reaches heights rarely attained in the horror space.  Rob Jabbaz is definitely a talent to watch."