Carla Gugino and Lou Taylor Pucci to Star in ‘Winthrop’ Based on Cult Podcast ‘Knifepoint Horror’

Gerald’s Game star Carla Gugino is set to star opposite Lou Taylor Pucci (Touch Me, Evil Dead) in Winthrop, a new horror movie based on the cult podcast Knifepoint Horror, per Deadline.

More specifically, Winthrop will adapt the fan-favorite episode “The Lockbox” by writer, creator, and narrator Soren Narnia.

Gugino will star as a woman “who puts her life on the line to protect her troubled, enigmatic cousin, Winthrop (Pucci), who has been targeted and hunted by a powerful supernatural force.”

Daniel Stamm, the director behind horror movies The Last Exorcism and Prey for the Devil, is set to direct from a script by Emmy-winning playwright Justin Yoffe. Production is set to begin this summer in Canada.

In a statement on the project, producer Kearie Peak said, “Winthrop captures the eerie dread that makes ‘Knifepoint Horror’ such a success. Carla Gugino is a perfect fit for the film, bringing a rare intensity and subtlety that aligns perfectly with the silent horror of Winthrop. Beneath the supernatural tension, the film explores how generational trauma festers and twists over time. It’s horror with weight, and it stays with you.”

Knifepoint Horror is a horror anthology podcast that launched in 2010 and has since reached over 10 million downloads across all platforms. The podcast is part of SpectreVision Radio, the podcast network hailing from the American film production company founded by actor Elijah Wood and directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller.

AURA Entertainment will handle Winthrop‘s U.S. theatrical release, with MGM+ handling its streaming and linear debut.

Stay tuned.

 

 

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