Highland Film Group sent over the first image from the upcoming horror-comedy Lice featuring Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), who looks like he’s about to take a dip in a deep fryer.

Hirsch stars in the gruesome throwback to ‘80s high school classics with Justin Long (Barbarian) and Kevin Connolly (“Entourage”).

A gruesome death. A sealed-off high school. Something crawling beneath the skin. When a student’s terrifying breakdown shocks a classroom, an almost invisible parasite spreads through the halls, instantly twisting teens into maniacs. Locked inside with no escape, students and staff spiral into violence and hysteria.

Amid the chaos, Principal Van (Long) struggles to maintain control, drowning his anxiety in alcohol before losing his grip on reality – and his head. Burned-out science teacher Mr. Shanker (Hirsch) steps up as the only adult trying to make sense of the madness, uncovering traces of a government experiment gone wrong.

Outside the quarantined halls, Detective Sikorski (Connolly) races to contain the outbreak before it consumes the entire town. The real horror isn’t what’s under your skin – it’s what it makes you do.

Jonathan Bensimon makes his feature directorial debut from a script by Anthony Musella and Lizze Gordon, described as “The Breakfast Club meets Lord of the Flies.”

The cast also includes Joelle Farrow (Here for Blood), Emilie Bierre (“Teacup”), and Annamarie Kasper (“Good Trouble”), the latter of whom is featured alongside Hirsch in the image below.

Connelly, Jeremy Alter (Inland Empire), and Gary Goldman (“Entourage”) produce under Connolly’s ActionPark Productions banner.