Anchor BayEntertainment in association with Painted Zebra Releasing is to release StevanMena's award-winning horror title Malevolence in the US, beginning with a Long Islandbow in August.

The picture,which won best feature at the New York City Horror Film Festival and best 35mmfeature at the Long Island International Film Festival, is the middle sectionof a trilogy.

Events in Malevolence take place 10 years after a madman hascommitted a series of horrendous crimes and picks up when a bungled bankrobbery affect the inhabitants of a Pennsylvania farming community.

Minds EyeInternational and Kevin DeWalt will handle foreign sales and domestictelevision.