A24 shows off the official trailer for their biting satirical Gen Z slasher, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, starring Pete Davidson in his genre debut. After the studio's last slasher offering, the acclaimed exploitation era-inspired X, arthouse heavy-hitter A24 looks to follow its success with a more trendy project. Bodies, Bodies, Bodies centers on a group of seven young partygoers who hole up in a mansion for one wild night of alcohol, drugs, and murder mystery games. When the game goes awry, the spoiled rich kids are forced to survive and uncover the killer—which could be one of them.
Just one day after revealing the mysterious poster design for the film, A24 unveils the trailer, giving viewers a look at the zany comedy-horror elements that seem to permeate throughout Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. In the footage, Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) suggests that the group plays the titular game, where one random person becomes the pretend murderer that must capture victims under cover of darkness. Rachel Sennott (of Shiva Baby fame) delivers hilarious one-liners while Davidson and the others debate who the killer is and try to avoid dying for real. Check out the poster and trailer below:
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The trailer makes a point to depict the generational traits of these 20-somethings living in the interconnected world of social media and accountability, calling each other toxic and saying that someone is gaslighting, silencing, or triggering somebody else. It is a fresh concept with real consequences for the partygoers, who become increasingly distrustful of one another as their negative qualities come to light amid a stressful whodunnit
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