Elizabeth Cullen in Diabolic.

Monster Pictures will release filmmaker Daniel J. Phillips’ Diabolic from November 20 in a nationwide big screen event release, with the Australian theatrical trailer dropping today.

Following its acclaimed premiere at Adelaide Film Festival, along with premiere Monster Fest screenings in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, where it won ‘Best Australian Feature’, Diabolic now heads to cinemas buoyed by strong word-of-mouth and audience demand.

Diabolic follows Elise, played by Elizabeth Cullen (Elvis, The Bureau of Magical Things), a woman who joins a healing ceremony led by the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints to cure her mysterious blackouts. But the ritual unleashes the vengeful spirit of a witch, setting off a terrifying chain of events.

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The film also stars John Kim (The Librarians, The Little Things) as Elise’s husband, Adam, and Mia Challis (Outer Banks) as her best friend, Gwen.

Produced by Silvio Salom of Sunjive Studios, Grant Hardie, Mark Patterson, Vasili Papanicolou and Daniel J. Phillips, Diabolic continues the rise of elevated Australian genre filmmaking, visually striking, emotionally charged and unapologetically unsettling.

You can find out where you can see the film here diabolicmovie.com.au

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