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What happened to Calvin?

The first trailer for psychological horror movie The Portrait asks this very question, setting the stage for a hallucinatory trip that sees its lead questioning her own mind. Now, Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive clip that looks back at a handful of tragedies.

The psychological ghost story is written by David Griffiths (The Hunted) and will mark the feature directorial debut for Simon Ross.

In the film, “After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was, but when it starts to terrorize her, she must decide if it’s possessed or if she’s losing her mind.”

The Portrait stars Natalia Cordova-Buckley (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Bates Motel”), Ryan Kwanten (Glorious, “True Blood”), Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen (Candyman), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (“The Passage”) and Isidora Goreshter (Clara’s Ghost).

The Portrait was produced by Christian de Gallegos Films.

Pathological grief and a mysterious painting consume Sofia's mind and life in Saban Films' The Portrait, a hallucinatory horror movie. Sofia becomes convinced that her husband Alex is identical to the subject of a self-portrait, known as Calvin, who was an abusive monster. Mags (played by Virginia Madsen) believes that Calvin's lingering presence explains the series of haunting events that plague Sofia, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.

Saban Films' upcoming psychological horror movie The Portrait considers the concept of pathological grief and ties it to a strange painting. Directed by Simon Ross and written by David Griffiths, the film follows Sofia (Agents of Shield's Natalia Cordova-Buckley) and her husband Alex (True Blood star Ryan Kwanten). After the latter experiences a devastating accident, Sofia becomes obsessed with a mysterious portrait that looks exactly like he used to.

Unfortunately, the painting not only consumes her mind but also her life...