Even thoughHalloween Endswill be the final showdown for her iconic character Laurie Strode,Jamie Lee Curtiswill continue to create scares for genre fans — but this time from the producer’s chair. The official trailer forReturn to Sender, a short horror film from Curtis’ production company Comet Pictures, debuted today giving us an unsettling look at the project.
TheReturn to Sendertrailer, shared exclusively byBloody Disgusting, follows a woman who receives a strange package she never ordered in the mail. The scam grows even more eerie when she realizes that someone else is using her account to review these items. Starting with a ski mask and a car alarm, the packages grow increasingly concerning and even personal as the woman becomes haunted by the weird package delivery scam. Co-created and produced by Curtis, the film starsAllison Tolman(Krampus) withRussell Goldmanwriting and directing.
Over 20 film festivals have acceptedReturn to Senderso far, and the film is set to premiere online on Alter and Omeleto this November. The short will also play at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX on September 24 and September 26, attached to Quentin Dupieux’s wild comedy feature filmSmoking Causes Coughing, before showing at Beyond Fest on October 1 in Los Angeles.
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Goldman shared in an interview thatReturn to Sender’s plot is inspired by the violation he felt upon receiving a very strange package in place of Valentine’s gift.
“I received a notification. The Valentine’s Day gift I ordered for my partner had just arrived at my door. I brought the box inside and opened it, but what I purchased was not inside. Instead, there were two used shin guards— stained, smelling foul— that I threw out of my hands. It sounds irrational, but by bringing this package I ordered into my home, I felt I had violated my own personal space. I kept thinking about who had done this. Why they would even do this?” Goldman said.
Goldman went on to explain Curtis shared that her sister also had an odd experience with a delivery scam, “receiving walking sticks that she didn’t order but she still needed.” The concept became a fixation for Goldman, eating at him until creatingReturn to Sender, which he described as “a short about our desire for control over our lives.”
Goldman and Curtis are also working on the feature horror filmMother Naturefor Comet Pictures and Blumhouse Pictures. The eco-horror tale is still in the works, but the duo also wrote agraphic novelversion for Titan Comics, illustrated by artistKarl Stevens.
