Netflix paid a reported $65 million for the rights to The Deliverance in a hot bidding war, you may recall, and the streamer has unveiled the film’s official trailer this morning.
Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler) heads into the world of horror with the upcoming Netflix Original movie, which is rated “R” for “Violent content, language & sexual references.”

The film arrives in select theaters August 16 and on Netflix August 30.
Omar Epps, Demi Singleton, Miss Lawrence and Anthony B. Jenkins will star in The Deliverance, which is being described as an “exorcism thriller.” Andra Day, Glenn Close, Mo’Nique, Aunjanue Ellis, Caleb McLaughlin and Tasha Smith also star.
In the film, “Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.”
Netflix’s The Deliverance is based on a true story, and in addition to directing Lee Daniels also wrote the script with David Coggeshall, Elijah Bynum and Thomas Westfall.