PRIMATE Horror Film Gets an "Audience Reaction" Trailer and a "Silence" Featurette
Paramount Pictures has released new “audience reaction” trailer for Primate, the upcoming animal horror flick from Johannes Roberts (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City). They also shared a “Silence” featuette offering a behind-the-scenes look with star Troy Kotsur as he bring “us into his world without sound.”
Primate takes the familiar “vacation gone wrong” setup and twists it into something far more vicious. The story follows Lucy, played by Johnny Sequoyah, who returns home from college and reconnects with her family and their pet chimpanzee, Ben. Things spiral fast when Ben contracts rabies during a pool party and becomes violently aggressive.
What starts as a laid-back Hawaiian hangout quickly turns into a fight for survival. Lucy and her friends are forced to barricade themselves in the pool area, scrambling to outthink and outlast a dangerously intelligent and enraged animal. The featurette highlights just how claustrophobic and relentless the movie gets once things go south.
The cast also includes Jessica Alexander, Troy Kotsur as Lucy’s father, and supporting performances from Victoria Wyant, Gia Hunter, Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann, and Tienne Simon. The screenplay comes from Roberts and Ernest Riera, with production handled by Walter Hamada, John Hodges, and Bradley Pilz.
Primate made the festival rounds earlier this fall, premiering at Fantastic Fest and the Sitges Film Festival, where it quickly earned a reputation as one of the stronger animal-driven horror films.
The movie has been described as a mean, tense, and refreshingly effective. If you’re into hardcore and intense survival horror, this one apparently delivers.
Primate opens nationwide on January 9th, 2026.