Just in time for the summer Cinephobia Releasing is releasing a nostalgic year of the bicentennial slasher, Brute 1976.

An homage to ‘70s horror cult classics The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. Brute 1976 takes place in 1976, when Raquel and her girlfriend have car trouble and break down on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. At the same time, a group of people are in the desert for a photoshoot. Soon, they stumble upon an abandoned town where a family of masked psychopaths reside.

Brute 1976 stars Adriane McLean (Miracles of Christmas), Sarah French (Blind), Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Dazelle Yvette (Garden of Eden) and Adam Bucci (NCIS Los Angeles). The film is directed by Marcel Walz (That’s A Wrap, Pretty Boy) and written by Joe Knetter (George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead).

This is a definite head nod to those late 70s films, it looks like it might be a lot of fun.

Brute 1976 is set to be released in select theaters this August, followed closely by a digital, VOD release on August 26.