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‘Human’ Trailer – ‘Evil Dead II’ Meets Gregg Araki in FrightFest Selection [Exclusive]
It’s about to be one hell of a bad night in Human, which has drawn comparisons to Evil Dead II, the splattery early work of Peter Jackson, and the stylized productions of Gregg Araki.
We have an exclusive look at the teaser trailer below ahead of the gory supernatural horror film’s world premiere at FrightFest in London on August 22.
It’s past midnight and Dani Ferris is a woman all alone, away from home. A woman who’s tired as hell, wanting nothing but a little tease of digital debauchery before shutting her eyes. A woman not even remotely prepared for the roller coaster of emotions she’s about to ride with a front-row seat.
Sleep? Nope. Tonight is a night for friends, lovers, enemies, frenemies?, little guns, bigger guns, body parts, body fluids, body solids, love, hate, life, death, and things a hell of a lot more super than natural. A night Dani will never forget. And neither will he.
Matt Stuertz (Tonight She Comes) writes and directs. Jackie Kelly stars with Jeffrey Decker, Brock Russell, and Cecily Dowd. Howie Mandel makes a voice cameo.
“Human is a movie meant to take people on a ride through the full spectrum of (human) emotions and horrors,” Stuertz tells Bloody Disgusting. “It’s by far the most personal film I’ve ever made, and I’m extremely excited to premiere it with the FrightFest audience – and see everyone’s reactions in person.”
A hospital stay grows more nerve-frazzling when memory loss distorts reality in our exclusive clip from This Tempting Madness, inspired by a true story.
The mind-bending psychological thriller will be released in select theaters and on demand on June 12 via Vertical.
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Mia, who awakens from a coma, grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions and her perception of reality.
In This Tempting Madness, “Mia awakens from a coma grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions, and her perception of reality.”
Jennifer E. Montgomery makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with director of photography Andrew Davis, inspired by Montgomery’s first-hand experience with tragedy involving her best friend.
“Months before the incident, there were signals that her world was unraveling,” says Montgomery. “I could feel the pressure building, though I didn’t know what form it would take. I never could have known what violence would come, and I certainly never imagined making a film about it.”
Austin Stowell (“NCIS: Origins”), Suraj Sharma (Happy Death Day 2U), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence), Amol Shah (“For All Mankind”), and Zenobia Shroff (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.
Smoke Jumper Films and Mango Monster Productions produce in association with Catchlight Studios (Heretic, The Blackening).
This Tempting Madness is rated R for “language, violence/bloody images, and brief sexuality.”