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Fango got the word that a new trailer has hit the web for Eric Shapiro and Rhoda Jordan’s Rule Of Three, the indie chiller that won Best Actor (Ben Siegler) at last year’s Fantasia Film Festival and Best Acting Performance for writer/star Jordan at Shriekfest. You can check out the preview below.

Rule Of Three follows three interconnected and nightmarish stories as they unfold at separate times in and around the same Los Angeles motel room. Shapiro and Jordan have signed the rights for the film over to Big Screen Entertainment Group, who most recently handled the release of Babysitter Wanted. “We had a great year in 2008,” Shapiro says, “taking Rule Of Three from Fango’s Weekend of Horrors to Fantasia and around the festival circuit. It’s exciting to have won support from such a strong company, especially given our film’s budget and extreme subject matter.

The small indie sleeper Rule Of Three—which has garnered praise at the likes of Montreal’s Fantasia (where star Ben Siegler won Best Actor) and Shriekfest (where co-star/co-writer Rhoda Jordan won Best Acting Performance)—has secured broadcast distribution overseas as a part of Hart D. Fisher’s American Horrors series.

Rule Of Three takes place in one single motel room at three different points in time, all interconnected, and follows Jon (Siegler) as he looks for clues regarding the disappearance of his daughter Lo (Jordan). At the same time, we witness her stay at the motel weeks before and the room’s previous happenings, which tragically pull everyone together. Rule Of Three also stars horror mainstay Tiffany Shepis, Nightmare On Elm Street 3’s Rodney Eastman and Hatchet actor Parry Shen.

American Horrors, a joint venture between Fisher’s Crime Pays Inc. and La’s Global Broadcasting & Syndication Inc.

Another year of Fantasia has come to an end, and with that end come the results for Fantasia’s Feature Films competition. And the winners are...

Best Film

Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden)

Best Director

Tomas Alfredson – Let the Right One In (Sweden)

Best Script

Satoshi Miki – Adrift in Tokyo (Japan)

Best Photography

Hoyte Van Hoytema – Let the Right One In (Sweden)

Best Actor

Ben Siegler – Rule of Three (United States)

Special Mention Of The Jury

The duo of actors composed of Jô Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura - Adrift in Tokyo (Japan)

Best Actress

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