DVD rental company ‘Redbox’ has reportedly issued an emergency recall of promotional posters for the Brittany Murphy movie ‘Deadline.’ The posters feature the late actress looking gruesomely lifeless in a bathtub.

Redbox reportedly sent out the marketing material prior to Murphy’s death on Sunday but is now working fast to remove the posters, fearing the image is in poor taste. TMZ says the task will take 7 to 10 days to complete.

The image is particularly eerie as Murphy was found unconscious in the shower after suffering cardiac arrest. She was pronounced dead upon arrival at Cedars Sinai hospital.

The company said in a statement, “Redbox feels removing the ‘Deadline’ box art is the appropriate course of action following the star’s recent death. We will continue to carry her film, but will remove the film’s box art from our displays.”

According to imdb, in the movie, Murphy plays a writer recovering from a psychological breakdown who retreats to a remote Victorian house to finish a screenplay in time for a fast approaching deadline. In the house, strange happenings lead to the discovery of a terrifying secret.

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