David Castañeda Joins Aimee Carrero in Lionsgate’s New Home-Invasion Horror

David Castañeda and Aimee Carrero lead Lionsgate’s real-time home-invasion thriller.

David Castañeda Joins Aimee Carrero in Lionsgate & Midnight Pictures’ New Home-Invasion Horror

Lionsgate and Talking Pictures’ Midnight Pictures label are quietly assembling one of the most intriguing home-invasion thrillers on the horizon, and today’s casting news solidifies it. Deadline reports that David Castañeda — best known as the knife-throwing Diego Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy and his recent turn in Lionsgate’s Ballerina — has officially signed on to star opposite Aimee Carrero in Julian Labrádor’s untitled horror-thriller, which just wrapped production in Los Angeles.

Carrero leads the film as Lorena Figueroa, a mother living on edge after a recent accident involving her 12-year-old son. Her home security system has become her lifeline — the only thing she trusts to protect him when she’s not in the room. But safety becomes surveillance, and surveillance becomes pure terror once masked intruders breach the house, turning every camera feed into a helpless, real-time witness to a nightmare unraveling around them. Castañeda plays Ben, Lorena’s husband — a doctor, a protector by nature, and now a man forced into a situation where protection may not be possible.

Labrádor directs and produces, co-writing the script with Owen Egerton, with revisions by Nathan Elston. The indie thriller also comes with strong backing: Tabitha Shick produces for Talking Pictures, alongside Andre Fonseca, with Jeff Robinov, Dan Clifton, and Adam Maffei executive producing. Lionsgate’s Lauren Bixby, Scott O’Brien, and Allison Lynch are overseeing the project.

Castañeda’s involvement gives this project an added jolt of credibility. Between his action-driven roles and emotional weight he brought to The Umbrella Academy, he’s always been an actor who can pivot from charm to chaos in a single beat — perfect for the rising dread of a stripped-down, real-time home invasion story. Carrero, long overdue for a front-and-center genre lead, is already earning early buzz as a grounded, emotionally charged presence at the center of escalating terror.

With production wrapped and two strong leads steering the chaos, this Lionsgate–Midnight Pictures collaboration is shaping up to be one of those “small” horror thrillers that sneaks up and hits harder than expected. No release window yet, but based on the description alone, this looks like a brutally intimate entry in the home-invasion canon — one that leans more on tension, cameras, and claustrophobic panic than spectacle.

Expect more on this film as Lionsgate begins rolling out materials — and we’ll have every update right here at Horror Movies Uncut.

Source: Deadline