New Films International is giving director Deon Taylor’s upcoming indie-slasher Chain Letter a limited theatrical release on Aug. 6 in the cities of Los Angeles, New York , Chicago, Houston, Detroit, and Atlanta.

Chain Letter stars Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga) as Jesse Campbell, a popular student whose friends are systematically murdered by the Chain Man when they fail to pass along a chain email. The film costars Betsy Russell (Saw 6), Cherilyn Wilson (The Roomate), Keith David (Coraline), and Brad Dourif (Halloween 2).

While it’s great to know that this long-delayed frightener will soon hit theaters, I fear that those cities not included in the limited engagement are now in for years of bad luck.