IFC Films has released a trailer for writer-directors David Charbonier and Justin Powell’s upcoming horror The Djinn which follows Dylan, a mute 12 year old boy who finds himself trapped in his apartment with a sinister supernatural being when he performs a ritual to make a wish to fulfill his greatest desire; watch it here…
The story follows a mute twelve-year-old, Dylan Jacobs, as he discovers a mysterious book of spells inside his new apartment. Grieving the loss of his mother, and feeling isolated from everyone except for his father, Dylan performs a ritual that promises to deliver his heart’s desire: to have a voice. But he soon discovers that every gift has a toll when a sinister djinn arrives to collect his soul. Now trapped in his new home with nowhere to hide, Dylan must find a way to survive until the stroke of midnight or pay the ultimate price.
The Djinn is set for a theatrical and VOD release on May 14th and stars Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, and Tevy Poe.