Content has commenced international pre-sales on horror title The Pact 2.

Dallas Hallam and Patrick Horvath wrote and will direct the sequel, which starts shooing in spring and takes place weeks after Annie Barlow’s confrontation with the Judas Killer from the first film, which premiered at Sundance in 2012.

In Pact 2 a new protagonist June is terrified by lucid nightmares that impact on her waking life. The sequel marks the second film produced through Preferred Film & TV, the joint venture created by Content and Preferred Content.

Preferred Film & TV’s Ross M Dinerstein will produce and Content’s Jamie Carmichael and The Pact [pictured] writer-director Nicholas McCarthy serve as executive producers. Carmichael and Preferred’s Kevin Iwashina will jointly represent North America

“When I saw Dallas and Patrick’s first feature Entrance I recognised that these guys were extremely talented and shared a real love and respect for horror,” said McCarthy.

“They’ve got great ideas for the world of The Pact and I’m psyched to see where they take it.”