Dakota Fanning finds herself caught in a harrowing nightmare in the new trailer for Vicious, the latest from The Dark and the Wicked and The Strangers director Bryan Bertino.
Vicious will be released on Paramount+ and Digital on October 10 following its world premiere at Fantastic Fest this week.
In the nightmarish new film, “when Polly (Fanning) receives a mysterious Box from an unexpected late-night visitor, it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside: something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare. Trapped in a terrifying world where reality bends and memory betrays, Polly must navigate a series of impossible choices. As time slips away, she’s forced to confront the darkness not just around her, but within her—before it consumes everything and everyone she’s ever known.”
Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott, and Emily Mitchell also star.
Check out the trailer below, which sees Hunter’s character arriving with a mysterious box that will unleash visceral terror for the lead.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with Bertino about his newest horror film ahead of its premiere. The filmmaker teased, “I wanted this movie to be emotionally challenging, psychologically challenging, spiritually challenging, and physically challenging, I wanted Polly to experience a certain amount of viciousness in all of those directions. As the bar continues to get raised in different ways in horror and what is allowed, what is not allowed, what is pushing the envelope, I’m always eager to make things feel as visceral as possible. I certainly don’t think that I’m looking at creating stuff just for shock value. I wanted to try to capture something that would be an extreme test of what someone might go through.
“So, Polly certainly experiences one horrible night.”
Bertino produces alongside Richard Suckle (Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo). Melinda Whitaker and Shane Boucher executive produce.