EXCLUSIVE: Cineverse has acquired North American rights to French Belgian body horror Else and set a July 8 streaming launch via its Fandor streaming service and all digital platforms.
The deal was negotiated by Cineverse Executive Director, Acquisitions Brandon Hill with Gregory Chambet of WTFilms, out of the Berlinale’s European Film Market.
The mesmerising body horror and debut film of French director Thibault Emin revolves around the blossoming romance between an introvert man and a confident woman, which is threatened when a strange epidemic causes the infected to merge with their surroundings.
Trapping in a shapeshifting nightmare, the couple face choices around whether they will merge for love.
Else joins a growing Fandor catalog which also features the breakout picture Hundreds of Beaver about a drunken applejack salesman who morphs into North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
The film listed was one of the best films of 2024 by the LA Times, The Washington Post and AV Club, while Letterboxd named it last year’s Highest Rated Comedy.
Other titles currently available on Fandor include Atlantide, Mustang, The Love Witch, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Ramona, Maurice, Marwencol, Lake Michigan Monster and Burst City. Its titles stream on iOS, Android, Prime Video, Roku, YouTube TV, Comcast and Fandor’s direct website.
Else played world premiered at the Premiers Plans festival in Angers, France and also played in Toronto, the Fantastic Fest and a slew of other fantasy film festivals. It is produced by Les Produits Frais and Wrong Men.
