Vertical has set the date for the North American release of the supernatural horror-mystery Haunting of the Queen Mary from Dracula Untold director Gary Shore, alongside releasing a new trailer, poster, and several stills. The movie, previously titled The Queen Mary, is a psychological horror film wrapped up in the mystery of a family’s demise on Halloween night in 1938 and is now set for release on August 18, 2023.
You can check out the new trailer for Haunting of the Queen Mary below.
The official synopsis reads as follows:
Haunting of the Queen Mary explores the mysterious and violent events surrounding one family’s voyage on Halloween night in 1938 and their interwoven destiny with another family onboard the infamous ocean liner present day.
Directed by Gary Shore (Dracula Untold, Holidays) and written by Gary Shore and Stephen Oliver with a story by Stephen Oliver and Tom Vaughan, the horror flick Haunting of the Queen Mary stars Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness, Belgravia), Joel Fry (Cruella, Game of Thrones), Nell Hudson (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), William Shockley (Death in Texas), and BAFTA award-winner Lenny Rush (Am I Being Unreasonable?). You can check out the poster below
Haunting of the Queen Mary is produced by Brett Matthew Tomberlin (Winchester) of Imagination Design Works; Thorsten Schumacher of Rocket Science; Lars Sylvest; Nigel Sinclair and Nicholas Ferrall of White Horse Pictures (The Woman in Black); and Mali Elfman.
Haunting of the Queen Mary Was Filmed Aboard the Namesake Ship
Haunting of the Queen Mary was shot aboard the namesake ship in Long Beach, CA. Shooting of the horror movie took place aboard the actual Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. A luxury ocean-liner graced by generations of the rich and famous, HMS Queen Mary is now celebrated and feared as “One of the World’s Most Haunted Places” (Time Magazine).
In the early 20th century, shipping lines competed to be the fastest to complete a transatlantic crossing. But among the most famous record-holders was the RMS Queen Mary, which held the record for fourteen years, but now stands encased in concrete at Long Beach, California, where it has been used for many years as a luxury hotel and tourist attraction. The ship has a lengthy history of visitors reporting seeing ghosts and visions in its rooms and on its decks, making it the perfect setting for paranormal goings-on on the big screen.
As for Vertical, the studio’s prior successes include the likes of the 2023 Independent Spirit Award winner Emily the Criminal written and directed by John Patton Ford and starring Aubrey Plaza and Theo Rossi; Sophie Barthes’ The Pod Generation starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor, which premiered at Sundance 2023; the Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox-led thriller Prisoner’s Daughter from director Catherine Hardwicke; Damián Szifron’s To Catch a Killer starring Shailene Woodley and Ben Mendelsohn; the 2022 SXSW thriller Gone in the Night directed by Eli Horowitz and starring Winona Ryder and John Gallagher Jr., and many more.
So, once again for those in the back, Vertical has now slated Haunting of the Queen Mary for release on August 18, 2023. The movie will be released in select theaters and On Demand the same day.