THE PLAGUE, Starring Joel Edgerton, Available to Own On Digital Platforms April 20th – UK

Haunting psychological thriller THE PLAGUE dives onto UK digital platforms April 20th.

Vertigo Releasing is excited to announce the digital release of the thriller THE PLAGUE. It stars Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams, The Gift), who also produces, alongside newcomers Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, and Kenny Rasmussen.

The film made its debut at Cannes Film Festival, where it received an 11-minute standing ovation and won the ‘Best Sound Creation Award’.

In the summer of 2003, at an all-boys summer water polo camp, socially anxious twelve-year-old Ben (Blunck) struggles to fit in amidst a ruthless social hierarchy. When he befriends Eli (Rasmussen) — a lonely, acne-ridden outcast shunned by the others for allegedly carrying a contagious “plague” — Ben becomes entangled in a cruel, escalating ritual of scapegoating and fear. As the lines between teasing and real harm blur, Ben is forced to confront his own complicity and the terrifying cost of belonging. A tense, darkly humorous coming-of-age story about masculinity, peer pressure, and the horrors that fester when cruelty masquerades as a game.

THE PLAGUE was written and directed by Charlie Polinger, making his feature debut. It is produced by Lizzie Shapiro for The Space Program, Lucy McKendrick a filmmaker and actor from Melbourne, Australia, Steven Schneider one of the industry’s most sought-after genre producers whose credits includes Split, Pet Sematary, and Late Night with the Devil, taste-making genre producer Roy Lee, Derek Dauchy whose credits include Watcher and Late Night With The Devil. Ben Ross, Rami Yasin, Gabi Antal, Reuben Walker, Cullen Conley, Cory Finley, James Presson, Gus Deardoff, and Lexi Tannenholtz serve as executive producers. Cinematography is by Steven Breckon, with editing by Henry Hayes and Simon Njoo. Composition is by Johan Lenox.

THE PLAGUE will be released on Amazon, Apple TV, Sky Store, YouTube Movies, EE TV and Rakuten from April 20th 2025.

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