{"id":411834,"date":"2026-01-14T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/411834\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:40:09","slug":"sweetness-trailer-gen-z-misery-will-hold-you-captive-this-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/411834\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Sweetness’ Trailer – Gen Z ‘Misery’ Will Hold You Captive This Valentine’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenage dream becomes a rock star\u2019s nightmare in Sweetness, which looks like a modern riff on Misery through a Gen Z lens.<\/p>\n

The psychological thriller hits Digital February 13 via Saban Films. Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n

When a superfan learns that her rock star idol is spiraling into addiction, she makes it her mission to save him, whether he wants her help or not. But when her desperate plan spirals out of control, she kidnaps him in a delusional attempt to \u201cfix\u201d him.<\/p>\n

What begins as compassion turns into captivity, as she locks him away in the name of love.<\/p>\n

Kate Hallett (Women Talking) and Herman T\u00f8mmeraas (\u201cRagnarok\u201d) star with Aya Furukawa (\u201cThe Midnight Club\u201d), Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds), Steven Ogg (\u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d), and Amanda Brugel (Jason X).<\/p>\n

Juno Award-winning Canadian writer-director Emma Higgins makes her feature debut. Taj Critchlow (40 Acres) and Daniel Quinn produce.<\/p>\n

Executive producers include Amos Adetuyi, Will Clarke, Karena Evans, Ben Farella, Hazem Imam, Justin Kelly, Andy Mayson, Michael O\u2019Leary, Fuliane Petikyan, Dean Rosen, Mike Runagall, Jeremy Smith, and Olivia Swayze.<\/p>\n

Sweetness premiered at SXSW last year and went on to play the Fantasia International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rated R for \u201cviolence\/bloody mages, drug content, language, and some sexual references.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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