We may have reached peak cinema.
Last week, a poster featuring a bloody claw heralded the arrival of yet another killer animal movie (though this one isn't high on any illegal substances... as far as we know), and we now have our first look at a lethal - though still disarmingly cute - sloth named Alpha embarking on a kill-crazy rampage on campus.
Gravitas Ventures (via Variety) has shared the first trailer for Slotherhouse, which somehow manages to look even more ridiculous than we assumed it would.
Directed by Matthew Goodhue, the movie tells the story of college senior Emily Young, who "aims to be voted president of her sorority. When she adopts an adorable sloth, she realizes the animal can serve as the house’s new mascot and help her win votes, dubbing the animal Alpha. The new pet is a beloved addition to the sorority house until a series of deaths point toward the sloth as the prime murder suspect. The film becomes a survival story of sisters versus sloth as the girls wonder if they can make it out of Sigma Lambda Theta alive (sloths, of course, are not known for being fleet of foot)."
How will a sloth manage to dispatch a bunch of teenagers? Well, based on what we see here, Alpha will be able to move a lot quicker than her jungle counterparts when it comes time to take down a victim.
Check out the trailer along with a new poster below.
“Slotherhouse is a movie that embodies the reckless abandon genre films can bring to the table. It scratches the sloth itch we didn’t know we had! Our team is thrilled to work on a project that really goes for it, claws and all,” said Nick Royak of Iconic Events Releasing.
“Slotherhouse was inspired by iconic cinema with a dedication to practical effects. It’s an homage to our favorite creature features and slashers with a FURocious horror icon for the modern world. Slotherhouse is simply bonkers,” added writer Cady Lanigan.
The movie stars Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Olivia Rouyre, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Andrew Horton, Sutter Nolan, Grace Patterson, Milica Vrzić, Annamaria Serda, Rudi Rok, Tiff Stevenson and Stefan Kapičić, and releases August 30.