Just in time for winter semester, MURDER UNIVERSITY is getting set to open its doors. The latest movie by Rhode Island-based director Richard Griffin (pictured) begins shooting next month, and marks his first collaboration with award-winning playwright Leonard Schwartz; read on for the details and the first poster.

MURDER UNIVERSITY’s storyline, according to the official synopsis, “revolves around a series of brutal, cultlike murders taking place at a small New England college. Josh Greene [Jamie Dufault], a shy freshman, is the lone survivor of a series of murders that are reminiscent of a similar string of killings some 20 years prior. As he seeks to uncover the secret behind the attacks, he is joined by Detective Forrester [Michael Thurber], who was instrumental in halting the bloodshed before, and his daughter Meg [Samantha Acampora], who had barely escaped being a victim previously.”

Sounds like good, vintage slasher stuff, and Griffin aims to put a fresh spin on the material. “This film promises to be pure entertainment,” he says. “The script is filled with scares, gore, laughs, some great characters and a very surprising twist on the slasher-film subgenre. Plus, the cast we’ve assembled is simply the best. I think that MURDER UNIVERSITY is really going to entertain horror fans who are sick to death of CGI gore, remakes and sequels. This one is fresh blood, straight from the vein!”

The ensemble also includes Sean Sullivan, Lee Rush, Rich Tretheway, Nat Sylva and John Joseph Gomes. Schwartz has had his plays staged in both Rhode Island and New York City, but this is his first time scripting a feature. “We agreed to do this because of our shared, prolific work ethic,” Griffin says. “And our shared, warped sense of humor.” Shooting begins January 21, with Ted Marr and Kristin Kayala producing under the Scorpio Film Releasing banner.

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