ANTLERS Trailer
A town is beset by a frightening creature in Antlers, the latest from co-writer/director Scott Cooper.
When someone turns up brutally murdered, a small-town sheriff finds himself in over his head. Who could have done it and why are the obvious questions, but his search for answers take him in a bizarre direction. His sister leads him there after noticing one of her students behaving strangely, and what they uncover about the boy’s life presents them with a situation neither were trained for.
Antlers is an abrupt change of pace for Cooper, who’s built a reputation with conflicted, tough guy stories like Hostiles and Black Mass. Nothing has indicated an appetite for horror, but this seem to be straight up genre fare. It’ll be nice to see what kind of range he has, but it also makes you wonder if he might be too far outside his comfort zone.
That reputation does mean he was able to attract a talented cast, though, so this horror offering has an unusually strong group in front of the camera. Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons star as the brother and sister piecing together the clues with relative newcomer Jeremy T. Thomas in a key role as the mysterious kid. Also appearing is Graham Greene, Rory Cochrane, and Amy Madigan.
It’s a classy group bringing this horror movie to life. Hopefully that means it will be a great one.
Antlers is directed by Scott Cooper and stars Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, and Jeremy T. Thomas. It will be released in the US on April 17th, 2020. For international release dates, click here.
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