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The Shining star Shelley Duvall makes acting return after 20 years in first trailer for The Forest Hills-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro
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After 20 years away from the big screen, Shelley Duvall is making her acting comeback in The Forest Hills.
The actress, most known from her leading role in The Shining, announced her retirement from acting in 2002, after starring in Manna from Heaven.
She largely kept herself out of the spotlight during this time, though her appearance on a 2016 episode of Dr Phil gained notoriety after many criticised the segment for reportedly being exploitative towards her.
Now, two decades after her retirement, she is set to return to our cinema screens in upcoming werewolf film The Forest Hills.
The reclusive actress, 72, has been cast in a new horror, with Chiko Mendez, Dee Wallace and Edward Furlong also in the line-up.
The trailer begins with Rico (Chiko) filming himself, interspersed with eerie shots of sprawling woodland.
Shelley Duvall is best known for starring in 1980 classic horror film The Shining (Picture: Warner Bros)
She will make her comeback in The Forest Hills (Picture: Dreznick Goldberg Productions)
‘Hey, how are you doing? It’s Rico again. I’m up in the beautiful mountains of the Catskills in upstate New York,’ he says.
‘I’m on a two-mile hike, trying to get away from that boring, mundane 9-to-5 job that we all hate.’
Things take a sudden turn as he is seen covered in blood, wandering through the woods and responding violently to those around him.
The flick has not been given a release date (Picture: Dreznick Goldberg Productions)
Edward Furlong and Dee Wallace are also among the cast (Picture: Dreznick Goldberg Productions)
The horror looks to be intense (Picture: Dreznick Goldberg Productions)
We then get a look at Duvall’s character when she tells camera: ‘You’re a f**king murderer, Rico,’ before the teaser ends with obscured glimpses of a werewolf.
The official synopsis for the film reads: ‘A man is tormented by nightmarish visions after enduring head trauma while camping in the Catskill woods.’
Speaking on Duvall’s casting, director Scott Goldberg explained that he was a huge fan of The Shining, and her work in the acclaimed horror.
The picture is directed by Scott Goldberg (Picture: Dreznick Goldberg Productions)
Goldberg sang Duvall’s praises in a new interview (Picture: Dreznick Goldberg Productions)
“We are huge fans of The Shining and it’s honestly one of my favorite horror movies of all time, up there with John Carpenter’s Halloween and George A Romero’s Day of the Dead with the dark tones they delivered in their movies, along with perfect scores and elements that make them my personal favorites,’ Goldberg told Deadline.
‘Shelley contributed to The Shining being an absolute masterpiece by giving her all, and performing in a way that really showcased the fear and horror of a mother in isolation.’
A release date for The Forest Hills has yet to be announced.
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