Shudder Releases Trailer for Upcoming Survival Thriller ‘Quicksand’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

When we are growing up, there are certain things that we fear deeply. Some of those fears will stay with us for the rest of our lives because our first encounter with them is powerful and life-changing, while others… fade as we grow older. For instance, some people fear bugs as a kid, but don’t worry about them years later in adulthood and sometimes… there were elements of nature or scenarios that we deeply feared as kids… that we just forget about or get over as adults. Such as say… a fear of quicksand.
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Because we saw that stuff in movies and we saw people suffer and die from it in those stories and for a time, we worried about falling in it ourselves only to learn… that it was no big deal. But what if it was a big deal in our adult life? And how we would handle it if we encountered it and found ourselves stuck within it? Well, it just so happens that an upcoming feature on Shudder will explore just that, in Quicksand. A story where people will be surrounded by the worst case scenario that terrorized us as a seven-year-old and to properly inform us just how great a job this film will do of resurrecting an old fear, Shudder released a trailer, a synopsis, and some key art today for the film, to help us count down to the July 14th premiere of a movie, that will force us to sink our minds into an old haunt.

‘Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, released today the trailer for the new survival thriller Quicksand, the English-language Colombian film written by Matt Pitts (Westworld) and directed by Andrés Beltrán (Tarumama). The Shudder Original film will make its exclusive streaming debut Friday, July 14 on Shudder and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
 
In Quicksand, an American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape. Starring Carolina Gaitàn (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan).

About Shudder
AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and originals is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. For a 7-day, risk-free trial, visit www.shudder.com.
 
About AMC+  
AMC+ is the company’s new premium streaming bundle featuring an extensive lineup of popular and critically acclaimed original programming from AMC, BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV and full access to targeted streaming services Shudder, Sundance Now and IFC Films Unlimited, which feature content such as A Discovery of Witches, Creepshow, and Boyhood. The service features a continually refreshed library of commercial-free content, with iconic series from the AMC Networks portfolio including Mad Men, Halt & Catch Fire, Hell on Wheels, Turn: Washington’s Spies, Rectify, Portlandia, and series from The Walking Dead Universe, among many others. The service also offers a growing slate of original and exclusive series including Gangs of London, This is Going to Hurt, Dark Winds, and the first two series in a new Anne Rice universe, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. With new movies released every Friday, AMC+ is the newest destination for exclusive film premieres direct from theaters all year long. AMC+ is available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Korea, and Spain and is available in the U.S. through AMCPlus.com, the AMC+ app, and a number of digital and cable partners.’

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