Relationship is brutal, proper? In Shudder‘s upcoming The Lifeless Factor, it is also terrifying. The streaming platform has now launched a trailer for the upcoming horror outing. The indie function debuted on the Fantasia Movie Competition final 12 months earlier than making its technique to London’s FrightFest and the Brooklyn Horror Movie Competition. Whereas there might be loads of Valentine’s Day film choices throughout streamers, The Lifeless Factor guarantees a scary date night time when it lands on Shudder on February 14.
Directed by Elric Kane (finest identified for internet hosting the podcasts Pure Cinema and Colours of the Darkish), the indie thriller follows a younger lady named Alex (Blu Hunt), who’s disillusioned with relationship till she meets a captivating man named Kyle (Ben Smith-Petersen). A passionate night time ensues, however issues get eerie shortly after Kyle vanishes. The Lifeless Factor’s official synopsis teases that after Alex reconnects with Kyle, she “digs up a ghastly supernatural secret. The pair shortly descend right into a whirlwind of obsession, dependence, lust, and infatuation that has grave penalties.” Take a look at the erotic and mysterious trailer beneath.
The trailer leaves us with extra questions than solutions, as any good trailer ought to, with The Lifeless Factor wanting like the right slow-burn movie that steadily builds stress. This model of horror doesn’t attraction to everybody, however it’s impressed critics up to now: it boasts a formidable 88% score on Rotten Tomatoes (from 25 opinions). Critics reward a compelling story (significantly, who would not have a relationship horror story or two to share?), an excellent efficiency by Hunt (who you could keep in mind for her roles as Inadu within the CW’s The Originals or Dani Moonstar in The New Mutants), and its visible type.
Trendy Relationship Horror Tales Fueled ‘The Lifeless Factor’
Though most of us have most likely by no means dated somebody with a “ghastly supernatural secret,” Kane thinks audiences will discover The Lifeless Factor relatable. Throughout a latest interview with PEOPLE, Kane mentioned what led him to the film’s premise:
“I labored within the very workplace the movie is ready in and a co-worker was at all times recounting her many adventures of on-line relationship and the varied apps and unusual encounters she had […] It sounded exhausting however I wrote down a observe on my cellphone ‘Web Relationship App Horror??’ and some months later it led to a full concept for the movie.
I feel individuals will relate to the alienation of relationship and I feel individuals typically discover themselves in sudden relationships which might be empty or soul sucking as a technique to escape the loneliness of contemporary relationship and the concern of being alone.”
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The Lifeless Factor stars Hunt (The New Mutants), Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Highway), Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Lady), John Karna (Scream), Brennan Mejia (American Horror Story), Joey Millin (Threshold), and Aerial Washington (Closing Time). Kane wrote the screenplay alongside Webb Wilcoxen. The Lifeless Factor is produced by Matt Mercer and Monte Yazzie.
Different horror movies premiering on Shudder subsequent month embody Spider One’s Little Bites (which counts style legends Barbara Crampton and Heather Langenkamp as solid members) and the Corey Feldmman-led The Birthday, a 2004 Spanish movie directed by Eugenio Mira, which took twenty years to launch.
The Lifeless Factor is streaming on Shudder from February 14.