{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a59ce0f85e3ad59bcf0f6817","clusterId":"c_a63cf4e691914b7e66b159fc","slug":"mouthwashing-film-adaptation-set-at-screen-gems-with-karyn-kusama-directing","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Mouthwashing Film Adaptation Set With Karyn Kusama Directing For Screen Gems","summary":"CRITICAL REFLEX announced on October 30 that a film adaptation of Mouthwashing is in production. Screen Gems, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures, has acquired the film rights and will produce. Karyn Kusama, known for Jennifer's Body and The Invitation, will direct. Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay, who wrote The Invitation, are writing the screenplay. Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng are also involved through the production company Crooked Highway, according to a Hollywood Reporter report cited in Japanese coverage. Wrong Organ developed the first-person psychological horror game, which is set on the stranded cargo ship Tulpar where five crew members run out of food and power. The publisher's Steam notice said the team could not think of a better group to bring the ship's claustrophobic tension to the screen. Cast, release date and story details have not been announced.","whyItMatters":"The film pairs the director and screenwriting team behind The Invitation with the producers of Sinister, a combination that puts an indie horror game on a Sony Pictures release track rather than a streaming-only one.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMouthwashing shipped on PC in September 2024 and has sold more than 800,000 copies on Steam, where user reviews carry an Overwhelmingly Positive rating. Game Spark and Inside put cumulative PC sales approaching 1 million copies. The game scored 88 on Metacritic, per both outlets, and took Best Narrative and Players\u0026#39; Choice at the Horror Game Awards along with Best Hidden Gem at the New York Game Awards.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day before the film news, on October 29, the game arrived on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, with a Microsoft Store release and Xbox Game Pass availability for the PC version. The story puts five crew members aboard the Pony Express cargo ship Tulpar after it goes off course, with power for six months and food for less. Its low-polygon look, time-shifting structure and blurring of reality and hallucination drew the praise. Derrickson, Cargill and Cheng work through Crooked Highway. Manfredi and Hay previously wrote Kusama\u0026#39;s The Invitation and Stray Dogs. No cast or release window is set.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Karyn Kusama directing Mouthwashing puts a body-horror veteran on a ship where the horror is running out of food and power. Screen Gems bought the rights before cast or release date existed.","twitterPost":"Karyn Kusama directing Mouthwashing pairs a body-horror veteran with a story whose horror is starvation aboard the Tulpar. No cast or release date yet.","threadsPost":"Karyn Kusama directing Mouthwashing for Screen Gems is a fit on paper: Jennifer's Body and The Invitation both trade in bodies under pressure. The game's horror is logistics, five crew members on the Tulpar with no food and no power. Cast and release date are still unannounced.","newsletterBlurb":"Mouthwashing is getting a feature film from Screen Gems, with Karyn Kusama directing and The Invitation writers Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay on the script. Scott Derrickson's Crooked Highway is also producing. 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