# Production of horror film ‘Deify’

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/production-of-horror-film-deify
> Updated: 2026-08-20T15:36:22.000Z. Sources: 4. Developments: 2.

The indie psychological horror film ‘Deify’, directed by brothers Nicholas and Carmelo Chimera, is currently in production in Chicago. The film is a courtroom drama inspired by elements of the 1993 Waco, Texas standoff, focusing on a cult leader on trial after his followers were burned alive.

Initial casting announcements confirmed Skeet Ulrich as the manipulative cult leader and Neal McDonough as an assistant attorney general. Subsequent updates to the production announced seven additional principal cast members, including Dennis Haysbert as the presiding judge and Ashley Greene as a court-appointed psychologist and cult deprogrammer.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-20: Dennis Haysbert and Ashley Greene join cast of horror film ‘Deify’

Dennis Haysbert and Ashley Greene join the cast of ‘Deify’, an indie psychological horror film about a cult leader on trial, inspired by the 1993 Waco standoff.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/dennis-haysbert-and-ashley-greene-join-cast-of-horror-film-deify

### 2026-08-13: Neal McDonough and Skeet Ulrich to star in horror film ‘Deify’

Neal McDonough and Skeet Ulrich will star in ‘Deify’, a psychological horror film about a cult leader on trial, inspired by the 1993 Waco standoff.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/neal-mcdonough-and-skeet-ulrich-to-star-in-horror-film-deify

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