DirectorScott Cooperhas tackled gritty crime dramas, Western adventures, and even a romantic musical drama in his ten years at the helm;Antlerswill mark his first all-out horror film. And as the first trailer for the film shows, it might not be his last. The creepy “horror in the hills” vibe is strong here thanks to Cooper’s cinematically trained eye andNick Antosca’s thoroughly creepified source material, though havingGuillermo del Toroon the film’s production team likely has a little something to do with the aesthetic, too.
Cooper directs from a screenplay byC. Henry Chaisson& Antosca and Cooper himself, based on Antosca’s short story,“The Quiet Boy”; you can read that story here if you can’t wait forAntlers.Keri Russell,Jesse Plemons,JT Corbitt,Graham Greene,Scott Haze,Rory Cochrane, andAmy Madiganstar, and the producer team includes del Toro,David Goyer, andJ. Miles Dale.Antlersarrives in theaters sometime next year … we hope. Thankfully, the Fox Searchlight picture appears to be one of the existing titles that new owner Disney will allow to see the light of day, but things may change between now and then.
Check out the first trailer forAntlersbelow:
Here’s the official synopsis forAntlers:
In ANTLERS, a small-town Oregon teacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff, discover that a young student (Jeremy T. Thomas) is harboring a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
For more onAntlers, be sure to check out these previous write-ups provided at the links below:
