Lucien Laviscount, Cynthia Khalifeh, Laura Marano to Star in Horror-Thriller "Borderline"

Production is underway on Lebanese actress, Cynthia Khalifeh's horror-thriller film “Borderline,” shot in the U.K. and Malta.

Lucien Laviscount (“Emily in Paris”), Laura Marano (“The Royal Treatment”), and Jason Flemyng (“A Violent Man”) round out the cast.

Khalifeh will play Zena, a young woman who arrives at the Borderline pub for a date with the handsome Jack, whom she met on an app. Quickly realizing she has been stood up, Zena is persuaded to have a drink with the bumbling but charming local Paul, played by Laviscount. However, Paul’s non-threatening manner and easy conversation skills are merely a façade, and he is in fact a serial killer, who lures his victims inside the lawless walls of the Borderline.

The first entry of the planned horror franchise is directed by Jane Gull (British Independent Film Awards nominated “My Feral Heart”) and written by Elizabeth Morris (“Above the Below”). 

The film is produced by Martin Owen (“Above the Below”) alongside producer and actor Evan Ross and Khalifeh. 

It will be executive produced by Jeff Rice and Maria Breese of Jeff Rice Films, Jeff Most and Matthew Stedman of Level Field Media, Jenny Shakeshaft, Nick Cortezi and Paul Parker Films.