Blumhouse is in development of horror-thriller “A House on the Bayou”

If you had the feeling this year Blumhouse was slowing down the production frenzies, you can already scratch that out of your head. In a Variety exclusive, the Jason Blum banner has announced they’ve joined forces with EPIX premium cable television to develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network. And the first title chosen to start in production is horror-thriller A House on the Bayou.

The movie follows a troubled couple and their preteen daughter who go on vacation to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou to reconnect as a family. But when unexpected visitors arrive, their facade of family unity starts to unravel, as terrifying secrets come to light.

Writer and director Alex McAulay will be responsible for the project. He is better known for the crime thriller Don’t Tell a Soul (2020) and has been announced to be attached as the writer for the adaptation of the Warren Adler thriller novel Cult.

Angela Sarafyan, known for her role in the science-fiction TV series Westworld (2016– ), and also the star in other thrillers like On the Doll (2007), Paranoia (2013), Mercury Plains (2016), and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), as well as fantasy We Are Boats (2018) is set to lead the cast. Together with her, Paul Schneider, Jacob Lofland, Doug Van Liew, and Lauren Richards will also star.