Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Never After Dark, with a planned fall theatrical release.

Dave Boyle wrote and directed the film which stars Critics’ Choice Award Winner Moeka Hoshi (“Shogun”), Kento Kaku (“House of Ninjas”), Kurumi Inagaki (“House of Ninjas”), Mutsuo Yoshioka (“Chime”), Bokuzo Masana (“Toyko Vice”) and Tae Kimura (“All Around Us”).

The film follows Airi (Hoshi), a wandering medium who spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience. As she digs deeper into the house’s past, a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living.

The Japanese horror film from XYZ Films, premiered at SXSW and went on to win the Midnighter Audience Award. The film also won the grand jury prize for feature film at the Overlook Film Festival, and won the Golden Raven at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.

The film is produced by Signal 181, the Tokyo-based production company founded by actor-producer Kaku and Boyle following the global success of their Netflix series “House of Ninjas.” CEO Kosuke Tsutsumi also produces alongside Kaku and Boyle, with Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films, Todd Brown and United Lounge Tokyo’s Toshiyuki Suzuki serving as executive producers.

Variety first reported on the acquisition.