This Tempting Madness is a 2025 American psychological thriller film, directed by Jennifer E. Montgomery who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew M. Davis. It stars Simone Ashley, Mojean Aria, Austin Stowell, Suraj Sharma, and Zenobia Shroff.
Premise A young woman awakens from a coma grievously injured, memory fractured, her husband arrested. But as she puts together the pieces of her past, she starts to question her own actions — and her perception of reality.
Cast Simone Ashley as Mia Austin Stowell as Jake Suraj Sharma as Ajay, Mia's brother Mojean Aria as Detective Colton Amol Shah as Raj, Mia's father Zenobia Shroff as Lakshmi, Mia's mother Auden Thornton as Gemma
Production In January 2024, it was reported that a psychological thriller film titled This Tempting Madness completed principal photography in Los Angeles, with Jennifer E. Montgomery directing and co-writing the screenplay with Andrew Davis. The cast includes Simone Ashley, Mojean Aria, Austin Stowell, Suraj Sharma, and Zenobia Shroff.
Music Rebekka Karijord had been hired to compose the score for the film.
Release This Tempting Madness premiered at the 56th International Film Festival of India on November 27, 2025. It also screened at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival on March 14, 2026. The film was released in select theaters and on video on demand in the United States by Vertical on June 12, 2026.
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