There’s arguably no genre hotter right now than horror. The 2023 movie season wasted no time scaring the heck out of moviegoers with M3GAN, and the next stop on the ghoulish genre train is Brandon Cronenberg’s trippy horror thriller Infinity Pool. The Mia Goth and Alexander Skarsgård starring film releases next Friday. Now, in the latest teaser, Infinity Pool further shows off its dreamlike surreal horror atmosphere.
The new teaser sees Goth’s Gabi sending Skarsgård’s James down a disturbing rabbit hole of unsettling imagery full of seduction, distorted neon color work, and creepy cult-like initiations. The story of the film follows James as he goes on vacation to a remote island with his girlfriend Em, played by Cleopatra Coleman. However, it quickly goes south when they meet Gabi, who’s a part of a shady organization on the island. After the ill-fated couple get into an accident and face the death penalty, their only option if they want to live is to clone themselves and have their creations be punished for the crimes.
From the full trailer and this new teaser, it appears that James is drugged and set up by Gabi before being forced to play her sick game. This involves becoming a part of their skin mask wearing, crime loving community and Cronenberg’s signature body horror. The more we see of this film’s unique brand of nightmare fuel and intense atmosphere, the more hauntingly alluring it becomes.
