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Haunting Trailer for Cult Drama ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’
Making waves across the web is the first trailer for Martha Marcy May Marlene, which Sean Durkin won “best director” out of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
Being that the film will be released by Fox Searchlight (on July 10), I’m sure the “horror” elements of the “cult drama” will be quite minimal, therefore our coverage will reflect that.
With that said, my best friend was born out of a cult. No, I’m not joking. Scary stuff. Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson and John Hawkes, it’s quite terrifying knowing that Martha Marcy May Marlene is something that actually happens in this world. Real life terror. While it may be pegged as a drama, it’s impossible to ignore just how haunting this trailer is.
Olsen was the talk of Sundance starring as a damaged woman, haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
Watch the trailer inside and see what I mean. Kind of hard not to cover. No?
Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 psychological horror movie Possession is getting a remake from Smile writer/director Parker Finn, and Deadline reports that The Batman actor Paul Dano has joined the cast.
No word at this time on character details, though.
The original film starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into a supernatural nightmare. In Finn’s update, Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner will star as the turbulent couple in Finn’s Possession, and Adjani has officially given her blessing on Qualley’s casting.
Parker Finn is writing and directing the new take on Possession.
He’s also producing alongside Jonathan Fass via Bad Feeling, along with Roy Lee and Andrew Childs via Vertigo, and Robert Pattinson. Marc Bienstock is serving as exec producer.
Our own Brian Keiper celebrated Possession‘s 40th anniversary here on BD back in 2021, writing: “Few movies depict emotional turmoil as effectively and daringly as Andrzej Zulawksi’s Possession. It is a challenging and sometimes inscrutable film, both for the mind and the emotions. Zulawski struggles through a number of deep issues throughout the course of the film; issues that speak to some of humanity’s deepest pains and fears. In many ways it is about loss— loss of political ideals, loss of faith, and loss of innocence. But most of all, Possession is about the fear, pain, and anger that comes from the loss of a marriage.”
This will mark Dano’s first horror role. The actor previously appeared in sci-fi hits Looper and Okja.
Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in Possession
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