English-Language Remake of French Slasher ‘Inside’ Gets Trailer

Nearly a decade before directing the upcoming Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface, French directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury made their feature-length debut with Inside, a John Carpenter-esque slasher that spilled buckets of blood. Their debut has gotten an English-language remake, which has just opened in international markets, whose trailer can be viewed above.

In the film, “Pregnant and depressed, a young widow tries to rebuild her life following the fateful car accident where she lost her husband and partially lost her hearing. Now, about to go into labor, she’s living in a remote house in the suburbs when, one Christmas night, she receives an unexpected visit from another woman with a devastating objective: to rip the child she’s carrying from inside her. But a mother’s fury when it comes to protecting her child should never be underestimated.”

The film stars Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Conan the Barbarian) and Laura Harring (Mulholland Drive, The Punisher) and was directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas (Extinction).

The original film ushered in a new wave of French directors and compelling horror films that pushed boundaries, like Martyrs and Frontier(s). Sadly, while the film was released in international markets this weekend, there are no plans yet for an American release, either theatrically or on VOD platforms.

Although many horror fans might be disappointed at the lack of accessibility of this remake, it goes in line with many other films in Bustillo and Maury’s career. The original Inside, for example, was picked up by Dimension and released straight-to-video under their Dimension Extreme banner.

Their second film, Livid, played the festival circuit in 2011 and had an international release, but never received distribution in the United States.

Among the Living, their third film, premiered at festivals in 2014 and only just received distribution earlier this year thanks to the horror streaming service Shudder.

While we don’t know when audiences in the U.S. will have the opportunity to see the movie, perhaps if it does well enough in international markets, it will expedite domestic distribution discussions.