Gravitas Ventures has released a trailer for writer and director Carter Smith’s new supernatural thriller Jamie Marks is Dead, an adaptation of Christopher Barzak’s debut novel “One for Sorrow.” The film marks Smith’s first feature since 2008’s killer vines frightener The Ruins.

Jamie Marks is Dead tells the story of a bullied, small town kid (Noah Silver) whose dead body is found by a popular jock (Cameron Monaghan), who becomes obsessed with his passing and is soon visited by his ghost. Costarring are Morgan Saylor (“Homeland”), Judy Greer (Carrie) and Liv Tyler (pictured).

The film arrives in selected theaters and VOD on Aug. 29.

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