January 8th is a huge day for 2016 horror. We get a major theatrical release and several quality VOD offerings just a over a week into the new year. While many of these are exciting, IFC Midnight is set to unchain a film that we’ve been hearing about for quite some time. Previously known as The Confines, THE ABANDONED follows a young female security guard experiencing a night of terror in an empty apartment building. Empty buildings are creepy, especially when you’re alone, so we’re looking forward to getting this one reviewed for you guys any day now.

IFC Midnight is coming off of the well received DEMENTIA [review], so we’re expecting good things from the team of Eytan Rockaway and Ido Fluk. While we wait, check out these new images and poster from the film:

Plot Synopsis
Take a terrifying plunge into the warped mind of a disturbed young woman. Desperate to get her life back on track, the unstable Streak (Martha Marcy May Marlene’s Louisa Krause) takes a job as a security guard, working the graveyard shift at a once upscale, now abandoned apartment complex. But on her first night on duty, she discovers a horrifying presence lurking deep within the bowels of the decaying building. With her nerves already on edge, Streak must confront demons both real and imagined as she struggles to keep a grip on her sanity. Jason Patric (The Lost Boys) co-stars in this harrowing thrill ride.

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