In December 2016 , actress Taylor Hickson was facially disfigured while shooting a scene for the film . She was rushed to the hospital and received 70 stitches but was permanently scarred . In March 2018 , Hickson sued the film ’s production company , Incident Productions , over lost work as a result of the incident . Hickson claimed in the lawsuit that , " in the course of shooting the scene , the director Pascal Laugier , consistently told Hickson to pound harder on the glass with her fists " . While filming another take , the lawsuit states : Hickson , in the lawsuit , states that the company failed to take " any and all reasonable steps to ensure that industry standards and practices were adhered to , including but not limited to the use of safety glass and/or stunt doubles as appropriate . " '' Ghostland '' was first shown in competition on 3 February 2018 at the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer . '' Ghostland '' won three film awards at the festival including the Grand Prize , Audience Award and the SyFy Award . The SyFy award was chosen by five bloggers at the festival . Frédéric Strauss of '' Télérama '' noted that this was the second French co-production in a row that dominated the awards at the festival , with the previous years big winner being '' Raw '' by Julia Ducournau . The film received a theatrical release in France on 14 March 2018 . In some territories the film was released as '' Ghostland '' and in others as '' Incident in a Ghostland ''
Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
Ghostland