A thriller set in the ’90s New York nightlife scene is set to have its premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, and Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded the film in charge of world sales.
“Corpus” is the debut feature from Corrin Evans, which she scripted alongside Lily Cowles. The film stars Jeff Wahlberg (“Euphoria”), Brodie Townsend (“Heartbreak High”), Michael Vlamis (“Pools”), Lily Cowles (“Antebellum”), Nuha Jes Izman (“Yellowjackets”) and Ching Valdes-Aran (“The Equalizer”). The film is produced by Cowles, Evans, Alix Taylor (“Maniac”), Sarah Mather of Pinky Promise Films (“Wishful Thinking”) and Thomas Wallis of Two Canz Films (“Before I Do”).
Per the official synopsis, the film “follows Sayo, a soulful nightlife photographer and small-time drug dealer in the summer of 1998 in New York City. When he’s invited to a party upstate by his long-time friend, unrequited love, and a movie star on the rise, Vince Marlowe. They — together with their rowdy friend Ross — drive to a remote, bucolic manor in hopes of some summer debauchery. Upon arrival, they discover that the promise of a party is actually three mysterious women — Billie, Wren, and Cata — whose disturbing agenda draws the boys into a dark web of seduction and terror.”
“There is such an excitement in seeing a debut like ‘Corpus,’” Joe Yanick of Yellow Veil Pictures said in a statement. “A film so effortlessly sexy and cool that pushes us outside our comfort zone. We knew immediately that Corrin Evans is the next big thing in genre, and we’re excited for the rest of the world to find out come Fantasia.”
“I deeply respect the work Yellow Veil is doing and am honored to be partnering with them for ‘Corpus,'” Evans said in a statement. “Joe, Hughes and Justin are true movie lovers championing boundary-pushing and genre-bending cinema. They’re taking risks on cool projects that don’t fit squarely in a certain box, which feels very right— because neither does ‘Corpus’ in all its sexy, supernatural strangeness. Working with Yellow Veil, who have made space for unusual and distinctive movies, makes me hopeful about the future of film.”