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A Notorious Serial Killer Hunts The Streets of 1980’s Seattle In DREAD’s New Feature Based on the Viral Short
From The Press Release:
LOS ANGELES (July 14, 2025) – Epic Pictures’ specialty horror label DREAD presents DIE’CED: RELOADED. The film follows Benny, an infamous serial killer who escapes an asylum on Halloween night, turning 1980s Seattle into a blood-soaked nightmare, with one young woman in his sights. DIE’CED: RELOADED will have a limited theatrical run beginning August 8, and on August 12, the film will be available to rent or purchase on video-on-demand (VOD).
“I’m excited to bring audiences back to the gritty nostalgia of classic ‘80s and ‘90s slasher horror while blending it with modern horror,” says writer/director Jeremy Rudd. “I can’t wait for everyone to meet our final girl, Cassandra, and our soon-to-be iconic villain, Benny.”
DIE’CED: RELOADED builds on the story from the 2023 short film DIE’CED, a viral online hit with a cult following. Fans can look forward to a deeper dive into the blood-soaked ‘80s universe, and a terrifying look into “Benjamin,” an unforgettable scarecrow-slasher with a murky past.
“When I first saw the original short film by Jeremy Rudd, DIE’CED, I knew it had the potential to become something bigger, meaner, bloodier, and with an ever more unhinged killer, Benny.” says Epic Pictures CEO Patrick Ewald. “DIE’CED: RELOADED is exactly that. The team at Epic and Dread are proud to have helped bring this savage vision to life and thrilled to unleash it on horror fans who crave brutal creativity and fearless filmmaking.”
The official synopsis for the film reads: Seattle, Halloween night, 1987. Benny – an infamous serial killer long thought contained – breaks free from a high-security asylum, reborn behind a twisted scarecrow mask. As he leaves a trail of carnage across the suburbs, whispers of his gruesome past resurface, fueling panic in a city soaked in neon and fear. But Benny isn’t just killing for pleasure – he’s hunting someone. A young woman unknowingly tied to the darkest chapter of his madness becomes his fixation, and the closer he gets, the bloodier it gets. Die’ced: Reloaded delivers a brutal, synth-drenched slasher soaked in 1980s nostalgia, where Benny carves his place in horror history – one body at a time.
DIE’CED: RELOADED is written and directed by Jeremy Rudd (Die’ced, The Fetus, City on a Hill). Starring Eden Campbell (Fear Street: Part Two – 1978, They Reach, Z Nation), Jason Brooks (The Death of Snow White, Die’ced, Friday the 13th Vengeance 2: Bloodlines) and Nigel Vona (The Chronicles of Riddick, Chaos, Arrow).
About Epic Pictures GroupFounded in 2007, Epic Pictures is an independent content studio with the mission of delivering the best-in-class genre entertainment “for fans, by fans.” Epic Pictures produces, finances, and distributes approximately twenty-thirty independent genre films a year. In 2013, the company established Epic Pictures Releasing which is its US focused distribution division. In 2017, Epic Pictures acquired the world’s most popular horror website, Dread Central, and launched its unique horror label, Dread, followed by its AVOD channel, DreadTV. In 2019, Epic Pictures started the horror gaming site, DreadXP, with a focus on editorial, reviews, podcasts, and original streaming content. In 2020, DreadXP began a video game production and publishing division in collaboration with some of the most innovative developers in the independent gaming space.