Whatever’s Happening In the “Annihilation” Trailer Is Scary As Hell

Quite a while ago I wrote about the casting for the upcoming movie Annihilation, a movie in which Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez, and Jennifer Jason Leigh form a team of all female scientists while Oscar Isaac lays unconscious for most of the movie. (His character is literally called “The Biologist’s Husband.”) Ladies getting it done all over the place, while the man is about as useful as any man ever is. Writer and director Alex Garland’s last film Ex Machina was a huge sci-fi success, and he looks on track to continue in the same vein. A teaser trailer from a bit ago that showed us the basic premise of the movie, but didn’t give a ton away. The most recent one, however, shows us quite a bit more and it’s intense. So make sure all the lights are on and have a stuffed animal or willing pet nearby to squeeze. 

This isn’t what I thought this movie was going to be at all. Someone falling ill with something mysterious and the creepy unknown foreign object are standard sci-fi, creepy music and all. Those pretty beflowered deer lull us into a false sense of security. How cute!

But the second Tessa Thompson got sucked into that cabin it’s all over. There’s alligators with shark teeth, people going insane, and literal monsters. Apologies in advance to anyone I may marry in the future, but if you’re ever in trouble and end face to face with some slimy skull beast, you’re on your own buddy. Luckily for The Biologist’s Husband, his wife has the exact perfect life experience to help him. We wouldn’t have much of a movie if she were something like a chef or an art teacher or a barre class instructor.

I’m honestly torn about this movie. On the one hand, I love Ex Machina and always want to see female driven films. On the other hand, I do not do well with anything even remotely scary and creepy. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to watch Crimson Peak, a movie that I can watch Tom Hiddleston do this in:

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Annihilation will be released in February and was the subject of some talk recently, because not only will it only be released in theaters in the US, Canada, and China, but it’s going to be available VOD almost immediately after that. These things get incredibly complicated, and I’m sure the studio has their reasons, but this seems like an odd choice. It has a very popular cast, and February is also a notoriously awful month at the movies, so audiences are desperate for something interesting. Even a movie that will give them nightmares for a month.

Would you venture into a scary, rainbow-y bubble and stick your head into a sharkigator’s mouth for a loved one?

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