TERRESTRIAL Trailer Unveils a Mind-Bending Alien Thriller From HOT TUB TIME MACHINE Director Steve Pink
Steve Pink, best known for the outrageous comedy Hot Tub Time Machine, is venturing into mind-bending territory with his new sci-fi thriller Terrestrial.
According to the official synopsis, “The film centers around four college friends reuniting in Los Angeles at the beautiful and incredibly expensive mansion belonging to Allen (Fowler). Allen, a writer working on his first book, paints his life as a beautiful masterpiece, but cracks in the story begin to form.
“The discrepancies in his story and suspicious happenings around the house cause Allen’s friends to question the stories he tells. As his story unravels, the three friends soon learn they are involved in something they never signed up for.”
The trailer teases a surreal, paranoia-driven descent that flirts with sci-fi horror, psychological tension, and a dash of cosmic weirdness.
The movie stars Jermaine Fowler (Sorry to Bother You, Coming 2 America), the ensemble cast also includes James Morosini (It’s What’s Inside), Pauline Chalamet (The Sex Lives of College Girls), Edy Modica (Jury Duty), Rob Yang (Succession), and Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso).
The script comes from Connor Diedrich and Samuel Johnson. Pink, who co-wrote classics like High Fidelity and Grosse Pointe Blank, appears to be channeling that sharp sense of character and dialogue into a very different sandbox. It looks like an eerie, psychedelic trip.
The film will have its world premiere at the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival on July 20.