We got a first glimpse of some footage from Neill Blomkamp's Demonic yesterday, and IFC Midnight has now unveiled the first teaser trailer for the District 9 director's first foray into full-on horror.
Filmed during the pandemic, the mysterious supernatural thriller focuses on "a young woman who unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades old rift between mother and daughter are revealed."
This trailer doesn't really give us much more to go on, but the disturbing visuals and droning voiceover/chant certainly have the desired effect. If Demonic turns out to be half as scary as it looks, we're in for quite a ride.
"The main character is a girl whose been estranged from her mother," Blomkamp explained to EW in a recent interview. "During the course of the film she gets sort of reunited with her mother and we learn about some crazy back story that she wasn't aware of. I would say it has a crossover between science fiction and horror."
Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.
Demonic stars Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, The Vampire Diaries), and Michael Rogers (Siren, The Blacklist, Supernatural), and is set for release in select US theaters on August 20th, then on VOD starting August 27th. Do you plan in checking this one out?
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