Richard Bates Jr., the director of Excision, Suburban Gothic and Trash Fire, is back with new horror-thriller Tone-Deaf, which stars Robert Patrick and has just been acquired for distribution by Saban Films. Via Deadline, they’ve grabbed the domestic rights.

Tone-Deaf follows millennial Olive (Amanda Crew) who, after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship, leaves the city for a weekend of peace in the country, only to discover the shockingly dark underbelly of rural America.

She rents an eccentric, ornate country house from Harvey (Patrick), an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies — and the two collide.

The film will premiere at SXSW on March 10 in Austin, Texas.

Producers include Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis, Brad Mendelsohn and Matt Smith, and Best Medicine Productions’ Brion Hambel and Paul Jensen.