‘Vampires Of The Velvet Lounge’: Mena Suvari, Dichen Lachman, Stephen Dorff, Rosa Salazar & More Set For Adam Sherman Horror Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Adam Sherman (This Game’s Called Murder) has set the cast for his newest indie feature, the horror comedy Vampires of the Velvet Lounge. Mena Suvari (American Beauty) and Dichen Lachman (Severance) lead the ensemble, which also includes Stephen Dorff (Blade), Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Lochlyn Munro (Peacemaker), India Eisley (I Am the Night), Sarah Dumont (Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Mark Boone Jr. (Sons of Anarchy), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Timothy V. Murphy (The Fabulous Four), Sherman Augustus (Strangers Things) and Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious franchise).

Drawing inspiration from titles like Shaun of the Dead and From Dusk Till Dawn, the film currently shooting in Georgia watches as a coven of the blood-suckers struggles to come to terms with the modern world and their own mortality as they are locked in a battle with a deadly foe.

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In addition to Sherman, producers on the project include Marcus Englefield and George Lee for Storyoscopic Films (Animal Crackers). Noémi Santo is co-producing for Adam Sherman Film.

“I’m making a modern-day feature with an amazingly talented cast and crew about the most prolific serial killer in history, the historical countess Elizabeth Bathory, in the style of the ’70s and ’80s horror movies that I grew up watching,” said Sherman. “She believed bathing in the blood of young women would make her live forever, and there’s no physical or scientific evidence that she ever died. I look forward to the day I can share this insane, twisted, and surrealist story with audiences.”

Producers Englefield and Lee added that the film is “a sexy, funny, and original thriller packed with stunts and action that takes viewers on a fun ride. Between Adam’s vision and the stellar performances delivered by our incredible ensemble, we know the film will have strong market appeal both in the U.S. and internationally.”

Most recently helming the action thriller This Game’s Called Murder starring Ron Perlman, Sherman’s other indie films include crime thriller She’s Just a Shadow, the comedy Crazy Eyes with Lukas Haas and Madeline Zima, the drama Happiness Runs and horror comedy Dead Doll.

Currently in post on the rom-com Worth the Wait starring Lana Condor and the high-concept comedy Tiger Mom starring Ken Jeong, Storyoscopic Films is also in production at the moment on Misdirection, an action thriller starring Olga Kurylenko and Frank Grillo.

Suvari is represented by Innovative Artists, Management Production Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Lachman by Brave Artists Entertainment, Management Production Entertainment and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis; Dorff by Atlas Artists and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Salazar by Independent Artist Group and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Munro by TalentWorks, Northern Exposure and Alchemy Entertainment; Eisley by Silver Lining Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Dumont by Buchwald, 831 Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Boone by Jeff Goldberg Management and Law Offices of Mark S. Temple; Berenger by Jeff Goldberg Management and Rowan & Maron; Murphy by Buchwald; Augustus by LINK Entertainment; and Gibson by Independent Artist Group and Pearlman & Tishbi.

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