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Obsession Turns Horrific “You Should Have Left” Trailer

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Written and directed by David Koepp is a new psychological thriller called You Should Have Left. Koepp is a legendary screenwriter of popular moneymakers: Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, and Panic Room. The thriller stars Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried as a couple seeking a restful vacation. They pick an isolated location on the edge of the world, only to discover that secrets demand a reckoning and travel with you.

Watch You Should Have Left with Kevin Bacon and Amy Seyfried.
From the same team that brought you “The Invisible Man.”

It is a terrifying, mind-twisting tale about a father who fights desperately to save his family from a beautiful home that refuses to let them leave. The story suggests Stephen King’s The Shining, where a family settles in at a private resort, isolated and with tons of history and ghosts. 

Theo Conroy, played by Bacon, is a successful middle-aged man whose marriage to his much younger actress wife, Susanna, played by Seyfried, is shredding at the seams, frayed by her secretiveness, his jealousy and the shadow of his past.

To repair their relationship, Theo and Susanna book a vacation at a stunning, remote modern home in the Welsh countryside for themselves and their six-year-old daughter, Ella, played by Avery Essex. What initially seems like a perfect retreat distorts into a complete nightmare when Theo’s grasp on reality unravels. He suspects that a sinister force within the house knows more than he or Susanna has revealed, even to each other.

The featurette tells us more about the movie and the sense that Bacon’s character is not to be trusted.

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Unlimited Rage in “Unhinged” Trailer and Poster

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Directed by Derrick Borte and starring Academy Award winner Russell Crowe, Unhinged follows Rachel, played by Caren Pistorius, who is running late with her son in the car. She crosses paths with a stranger, played by Crowe, who doesn’t appreciate her honking at him while at a traffic light. 

Soon, the psychological thriller spins into something we know about or experienced- road rage – to an irregular and terrifying finish.  

Rachel finds herself and those she loves the victim of a man who feels unseen and unacknowledged, looking to make one last impression upon the world by showing Rachel a series of violent lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a message: you never know whose driving next to you. 

Here are a couple of clips that give an idea of what will happen in the movie. Crowe is so good as the bad guy.

This is an edgy twist for a thriller trailer.

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Survival and Unparalleled “Greyhound” Trailer and Poster

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Written by and starring Tom Hanks and directed by Aaron Schneider, Greyhound follows captain Ernest Krause, played by Hanks, in the early days of WWII. Krause commands an international convoy of 37 Allied ships as his first command of a U.S. destroyer.

They cross the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats. The story originates from actual events and the novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester.

Also starring in the movie is Elisabeth Shue, Rob Morgan, and Stephen Graham.
Make sure you watch the trailer because the movie is intense and visceral.

“The Woman in the Window” Poster and Trailer

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Directed by Joe Wright, The Woman in the Window is a psychological suspense thriller with a stellar cast. But, don’t fall for the psychotropic drugs because the psychiatric industry labels a person, so Big Pharma can make money and ruin lives. If this woman, played by Amy Adams, were not on these drugs, she’d function just fine.

As the story goes, a child psychologist, Adams, befriends a neighbor, played by Julianne Moore, across the street from her New York City brownstone, only to see her own life turned upside down when the woman disappears, and she suspects foul play.

Tracy Letts’ screenplay based on the gripping, best-selling novel, brings to life, where shocking secrets revealed, and no one-and nothing-is what it seems.

Also starring is Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

“Inherit the Viper” Poster and Trailer

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Written by Andrew Crabtree and directed by Anthony Jerjen, Inherit the Viper follows two siblings, Kip, played by Josh Hartnett, and Josie, played by Margarita Levieva. Dealing with opioids isn’t just their family business; it’s their only means of survival. 

When a deal goes fatally wrong, Kip decides he wants out. But Kip’s attempt to escape his family’s legacy ignites a powder keg of violence and betrayal, imperiling Kip, Josie, and their younger brother, Boots, played by Owen Teague. 

Stories involving families are searing and make a compelling situation for a crime-thriller. The movie also includes Valorie Curry, Chandler Riggs, Brad William Henke, Tara Buck, Dash Mihok, and Bruce Dern.

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Innovative and Fascinating “Antebellum” Poster and Trailer

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The butterfly on the poster seems odd.

Written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, Antebellum follows Veronica Henley, played by Janelle Moná. She is a successful author and finds herself trapped in a horrifying existence. The short trailer shows her going from the civil war era to modern time. And it’s creepy.   There is a place that is the Antebellum era from history as a thriller, and the fourth trailer seems to indicate it is in the movie, too.

Her necessity to uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late is the force of the movie. The 911 call is coming from her or someone else? The image of the butterfly on the poster is intriguing.

Lionsgate calls the movie a terrifying new thriller, and Bush and Renz are reasonably new filmmakers. The rest of the cast includes Marque Richardson II, Eric Lange, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons, Tongayi Chirisa, Gabourey Sidibe, Rob Aramayo, Lily Cowles, and Jena Malone.

“The Rhythm Section” Lavishly Suspenseful Trailer and Poster

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Blake Lively, with short hair, is a novelty.

Directed by Reed Morano, The Rhythm Section follows Stephanie Patrick, played by Blake Lively. She is an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after the tragedy of her family’s death in a plane crash. 

When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find her redemption. Based on the novel by Mark Burnell, who created a series of books based on the character Stephanie Patrick. Burnell also wrote the screenplay for the movie. 

Morano is an Emmy-winning director for The Handmaid’s Tale and a talented cinematographer. The Rhythm Section also stars Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown.

The movie trailer looks legit, and it’s exciting to see Lively get a movie of this caliber. Lively also starred in A Simple Favor with Anne Kendrick. I highly recommend A Simple Favor. Lively’s part is smaller, but it’s a good movie.

The movie clip is an intense car chase that keeps you on the edge of your proverbial seat.

The next trailer, designed for social media platforms, I don’t see much of a difference.

The next two featurettes lack enough information to tell you about the story, which is crucial to making this movie entertaining, and not just another female action movie.

The two movie clips show how Lively’s character is withdrawn but emerging and calculating.

“En Brazos De Un Asesino” Poster and Trailer

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The movie is in Spanish with English subtitles.

Directed by Matias Moltrasio, En Brazos De Un Asesino follows Victor, played by William Levy. He is smooth-talking, seductive, eye candy for the ladies and a cold-blooded assassin who kills for money. 

When he arrives at the home of an unmerciful drug lord to collect payment for his recent assassination, he encounters the gorgeous Sarai, played by Alicia Sanz. She spent the last nine years forced to be with the drug lord.

Victor leaves the drug lord’s compound, and Sarai seizes her chance at freedom by hiding out in Victor’s car. But things don’t go as planned, and instead of being transported back to her home, she finds herself free from one dangerous man only to be caught in the clutches of another.

While on the run from the vengeful drug lord and his brutal henchmen, Victor’s conscience catches up with him as he risks all he stands for to protect his captive.

In the end, the power Sarai unknowingly holds over Victor, and their undeniable attraction, places her right in the arms of a killer.

The thriller, based on the book “Killing Sarai,” by J.A. Redmerski, also stars Adrian Lastra, Roberto Sosa, Ettore D’Alessandro and Jean Jean.

“The Report” Posters, Clips & Trailers

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Based on a true story that made headlines.

Written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, The Report story played out on the headlines and newscasters had a field day with the conspiracy behind the expose of the evil, brutality at CIA’s Detention Center and Interrogation Program. The movie is a far cry from A Few Good Men.

The Report is a gripping thriller based on actual events. Naive and unrealistic staffer Daniel J. Jones, played by Adam Driver, is tasked by his boss Senator Dianne Feinstein, played by Annette Bening, to lead an investigation of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program, which developed from the aftermath of 9/11.

Jones’ unremitting pursuit of the truth leads to dangerous findings that uncover the lengths to which the nation’s top intelligence agency went to suppress evidence, subvert the law, and hide a brutal secret from the American public.

The next trailer shows a pretty hard subject to explain in a matter of two hours.

The next six clips show what this man went through to get to the truth of what happened during the CIA’s interrogations of potential terrorists. Driver is so good at conveying the feeling that maybe all his work will be for not.

Unusual Secrets Edge Horrific “Antlers” Posters and Trailers

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Directed by Scott Cooper, Antlers is a horror movie beyond horror movies. In a small-town Oregon, the story follows a young boy, played by Jeremy T. Thomas, who is creepy when he reads his story to his teacher, Keri Russell.

His story is so diabolical that it is undeniably evil and insane. The teacher’s brother is a sheriff, played by Jesse Plemons, and together they investigate the possible horrors within this boy’s life.

The teacher and her brother discover that the boy is harboring a dangerous secret with frightening consequences relating to ancestral spirits of some kind.

Keri Russell in the film ANTLERS. Photo by Kimberley French. © 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Guillermo Del Toro is one of the producers of the movie. Based on the short story The Quiet Boy by Nick Antosca, the screenplay by Henry Chaisson and Nick Antosca with revisions by Cooper.

(From L-R): Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas and Keri Russell in the film ANTLERS. Photo by Kimberley French. © 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

“I couldn’t be more excited to begin production on Antlers with Guillermo Del Toro, and reunite with my dear friends at Fox Searchlight,” said Cooper. “They’re incredible filmmakers – not to mention necessary filmmakers – and are extremely passionate and supportive of my vision as I venture into yet another genre, and delve into the unnerving world of ancestral spirits.” 

The second trailer is creepy without telling us anything about the storyline.

The third trailer is a redband trailer, but it doesn’t seem that gross or disgusting.