Put the torches and pitchforks down and take a deep breath.

Dimension Films needs a little longer to develop Polaroid, pushing the haunter from its August 25 date to December 1, 2017, in order to make way for their animated Leap!.

The bad news is that we’re not feeling very confident that Dimension will actually release Polaroid in December being that their Amityville: The Awakening and Demonic have been on the shelf for years, with the latter ironically premiering tonight on Spike TV. Oh, yeah, and they have Hellraiser and Children of the Corn sequels just collecting dust…

The good news is that not only do I hear there’s internal confidence with this title but Dimension has had quite a few films hit big during the holidays, notably Scream and Darkness. Shit, The Exorcist came out in December.

We’ll keep you posted with any further delays.

Polaroid stars Kathryn Prescott (The Hive), Mitch Pileggi (“The X-Files”), Grace Zabriskie (The Grudge), Tyler Young (Eyewitness), Keenan Tracey (“Bates Motel”), Samantha Logan (The Fosters), Priscilla Quintana (Stranded), Madelaine Petsch (“Riverdale”) and Javier Botet (Mama).

High school loner Bird Fitcher (Prescott) has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn’t take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end.

The film is produced by Roy Lee (The Ring, Blair Witch) and Chris Bender (The Ring, The History of Violence). Written by Blair Butler, it’s based on the short by Lars Klevberg.