Trailer Blitz! Crime 101, Undertone, Whistle, The Strangers: Chapter 3, Send Help & More!
🎥 Here's a list of films coming to screens soon!
🎥 “Crime 101” New Trailer: Chris Hemsworth Plays an Elusive Master Thief in This New Sleek L.A. Heist Thriller with Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo & Barry Keoghan — In Theaters February 13th
How would one describe the perfect crime? Perhaps it’s rather simple: the perfect crime is whenever someone can get away with it. But to make that kind of thing happen is a different story—one that requires patience, precision, and the kind of discipline that leaves nothing to chance and no room for regret.
Enter Chris Hemsworth as professional jewel thief Mike Davis, who has baffled law enforcement for years. He’s untraceable, methodical, and always one step ahead in this sleek new heist thriller that asks what happens when a master criminal plans the perfect crime, only to see those plans begin to unravel in ways he never anticipated.
Adapted from iconic crime writer Don Winslow’s acclaimed novella, Crime 101 drops Hemsworth into full precision mode as an elusive master thief who knows Los Angeles better than the cops chasing him. As he lines up one last, life-changing score, his carefully controlled world collides with that of a disillusioned insurance broker played by Halle Berry. She’s a woman standing at her own personal crossroads, fed up with crooked bosses who keep overlooking her, yet tempted by the promise of riches she’s been waiting for. With a little persuasion, she agrees to become the inside woman for Hemsworth’s operation.
Watching from the other side of the chessboard is a relentless detective played by Mark Ruffalo, convinced there’s a pattern hiding in plain sight. As he closes in, the gap between hunter and hunted narrows, and the film leans into that classic crime-movie tension where every move feels irreversible. Add Barry Keoghan to the mix as a criminal coyote waiting for the right moment to steal all of Hemsworth’s hard work, and you’ve got a new crime thriller with some serious Heat energy.
Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tate Donovan, and Nick Nolte round out the cast, with American Animals and The Imposter filmmaker Bart Layton serving as writer-director.
They say crime doesn’t pay. This looks ready to argue the point... at least until the bottom drops out. Crime 101 is hitting theaters and IMAX on February 13th.
🎥 “Undertone” Trailer: A Paranormal Investigative Podcaster Gets Pulled Into a Sonic Nightmare in Filmmaker Ian Tuason’s Buzzy, Sound-Driven Horror — Hitting Theaters March 13th, via A24 Films
With horror cinema, the visuals are usually the first thing people latch onto, as the genre’s most unsettling moments tend to come from what we see... or what we think we saw after covering our eyes in utter fright. But here’s the thing, far less is said about sound effects and sound design, even though they’re vital elements in the way films build tension, dread, and psychological anxiety. And in some cases, a good sound design can be as damaging to our senses as the most grotesque image shown on a movie screen.
Well, there was one horror film that premiered last year at the Fantasia International Film Festival that not only had people buzzing, but also reminded us why sound can be the most terrifying weapon a horror film can wield. Made on a reported $500,000 budget, Undertone is a stripped-down, anxiety-inducing horror thriller written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Ian Tuason, marking a striking and confident feature debut.
The film stars Nina Kiri as Evy, a popular paranormal podcast host who plays the skeptic opposite her believer co-host Justin, voiced by Kris Holden-Ried. Their on-air dynamic is all rational debate... until Evy’s real life starts to unravel. And here’s the kicker: Evy is the only character ever seen onscreen, and from what critics have been saying since its Fantasia debut, it seems that what it lacks in characters it more than makes up for in atmosphere, tension, and a relentless, nerve-shredding use of sound.
Filmmaker Ian Tuason makes the bold choice to not only keep Evy as the sole character ever seen onscreen, with everyone else existing purely as off-screen voices, but to also have her receive a series of disturbing audio recordings from a married couple who claim their home is plagued by unexplained sounds. What begins as a potential podcast episode slowly becomes something far more invasive. The noises follow her. And the line between investigation and obsession starts to blur in increasingly unsettling ways.
In a rare and unprecedented move for a first-time filmmaker, A24 swooped in to acquire the film with a staggering seven-figure distribution deal, underscoring its confidence in Tuason’s vision and immediately putting him on the radar as a filmmaker to watch. It also sets the film up as a potential breakout horror hit of the year.
Undertone is slated to open in theaters on March 13th. So, get ready to shield your eyes... and cover your ears too when things start to get truly unbearable.
🎥 “Whistle” Trailer: Dafne Keen and Sophie Nélisse Unleash an Ancient Curse Where the Sound You Hear Might Be Your Last — Hitting Theaters February 6th
Well, there must be something in the air, because there is yet another horror thriller this year using sound as its weapon of choice. This time, however, it’s less about unsettling sound design and more about how a screeching noise just might be the last thing you hear before an ancient ghost hunts you down.
Starring Dafne Keen (Logan, Deadpool & Wolverine) and Sophie Nélisse (Showtime’s Yellowjackets), Whistle is a new high school horror thriller from filmmaker Corin Hardy, the director who made audiences squirm with 2018’s The Nun and 2015’s The Hallow. This time, the terror doesn’t come from the woods or the shadows, but from a single breath blown into the wrong object at the worst possible moment.
The film centers on a group of high school misfits who stumble upon an ancient Aztec death whistle. At first, it’s just a creepy curiosity. Then someone blows it. The sound is horrifying. And worse, it summons a living nightmare—visions of their own deaths, made flesh, stalking them one by one. As the body count climbs, the group scrambles to uncover the origins of the cursed artifact before the whistle finishes what it started.
Nick Frost co-stars as a high school teacher whose limited knowledge of this ancient whistle artifact ultimately proves to be to the teens’ detriment. The cast also includes Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, and Michelle Fairley.
If It Follows taught us that doom can walk, Whistle is here to suggest it can scream too. Penned by Owen Egerton, the horror thriller opens in theaters February 6th.
🎥 “The Strangers: Chapter 3” Trailer: Madelaine Petsch Faces the Final Blood-Soaked Showdown in Renny Harlin’s Brutal Trilogy Finale with Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath & Richard Brake — In Theaters February 6th
What began as a brutal, stomach-turning home invasion has slowly revealed something far more insidious beneath the masks. With no illusions left to shatter, the reimagined trilogy reaches its grim conclusion in The Strangers: Chapter 3, a finale that promises blood, reckoning, and zero escape routes. The rules are gone. The hiding is over. What’s left is confrontation.
Madelaine Petsch returns as Maya, the lone survivor who made it through the original nightmare only to learn that survival doesn’t equal freedom. Now stranded in a desolate small town where paranoia is currency and trust is a fatal mistake, Maya is forced to face the violence head-on. After two chapters of escalating terror, this final installment delivers the collision the trilogy has been building toward.
Gabriel Basso is also back as Gregory, no longer hiding behind a mask and now fully unhinged. Ema Horvath returns as Shelly, whose cheerful diner demeanor conceals something deeply sadistic. Richard Brake rounds out the chaos as Sheriff Rotter, a corrupt lawman whose folksy charm masks a rot at the center of the town itself.
Veteran director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea) once again takes the reins, bringing his relentless genre instincts to a trilogy shot consecutively back in 2022. Written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland, and based on characters created by Bryan Bertino, the film aims to close the door with no mysteries left to unravel. Just one final last stand when The Strangers: Chapter 3 hits theaters February 6th.
🎥 “Send Help” New Trailer: Rachel McAdams Turns the Tables on Dylan O’Brien in Sam Raimi’s Darkly Comic Survival Thriller — In Theaters January 30th
Word to the wise: never take Rachel McAdams for granted… ’cause you never know when you’ll survive a plane crash, wash up on a deserted island, and realize she’s the last person you’d ever want to underestimate.
That’s the gist behind Send Help, a new twisty survival thriller where Dylan O’Brien doesn’t heed the warning and has the misfortune of learning that lesson the hard way. Here, he plays the arrogant, entitled son of McAdams’s newly departed boss. He’s also the guy who swooped in and stole her promotion and her position as the company’s new VP, even though she’s worked nearly her entire life for it.
Eagle-eyed viewers will notice in the new trailer that O’Brien’s father is played by Bruce Campbell, as seen in a photo. For reference, the film marks a return to form for Evil Dead and Spider-Man filmmaker Sam Raimi, who’s once again leaning into his mischievous, genre-bending instincts, blending visual energy, gallows humor, and cruel irony.
While being utterly dismissive of McAdams’s work and treating her like a peon, O’Brien’s character thinks he can ride this promotion without consequence. That’s until a business trip ends in a violent plane crash, stranding them both on a remote tropical island. Now the tables have turned, and McAdams holds all the cards. And she ain’t looking to play nice.
Send Help hits theaters January 30th. Turns out payback is best served cold… and she’s got plenty of time to make him feel it.
Also check this week’s trailers:
🎥 “Sirāt” U.S. Trailer: A Desperate Father (Sergi López) Searches for His Missing Daughter Amid Desert Rave Scene in Oliver Laxe’s Hypnotic Cannes Prizewinner — Expanding in Select U.S. Theaters February 6th
Grief doesn’t fade quietly... sometimes, it pulses through subwoofers and scorched sand. In acclaimed filmmaker Oliver Laxe’s Cannes-winning Spanish-Arabic thriller, already counted among the year’s best films, Sergi López plays a father who ventures with his son into Morocco’s desert rave scene, clinging to the faint hope of finding a daughter who vanished months earlier. As the parties grow stranger and the terrain more unforgiving, the film drifts into a trance-like reckoning with loss, faith, and the brutal realization that some searches demand more than endurance... they demand faith.
🎥 “Honey Bunch” Trailer: The Search for Healing Turns Paranoid and Sinister in Writers-Directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s Psychological Horror Thriller starring Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Jason Isaacs and Kate Dickie — Premiering February 13th on Shudder
The promise of being healed becomes something far more unsettling in this unnerving new psychological horror thriller from Canadian filmmaking duo Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli (Violation). Channeling the uneasy paranoia of 1970s genre thrillers, Grace Glowicki stars as an ailing woman who retreats to a remote trauma facility with her husband (Ben Petrie), only to discover she can’t remember what led her there. As her memories slowly resurface, so do sinister truths about her marriage, turning a place meant for recovery into a claustrophobic nightmare that steadily warps her sense of reality. Also starring Jason Isaacs and Kate Dickie, this is the kind of horror that crawls under your skin and makes you question whether healing is the goal... or a trap.
🎥 “Youngblood” Trailer: A Hotheaded Hockey Prodigy (Ashton James) Learns the Hard Way What It Takes to Earn Respect On and Off the Ice in This Canadian Hockey Drama — In Theaters March 6th
From acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Hubert Davis (Hardwood) comes a sharp-edged hockey drama about talent, temper, and second chances. Ashton James stars as Dean Youngblood, a gifted young African American hockey player whose short fuse has burned through every opportunity back home, leaving him with nowhere left to skate. Sent north from Detroit to join Canada’s Hamilton Mustangs, Dean’s flashy skills quickly turn heads—but raw talent only gets you so far when your attitude keeps landing you in the penalty box. With Blair Underwood co-starring as Dean’s hardline father, Shawn Doyle as his no-nonsense coach, and Alexandra McDonald as the coach’s sympathetic daughter, this young hockey prodigy must learn how to check his anger if he ever wants to stay in the game.
🎥 “Wuthering Heights” New Promo: Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Ignite a Dangerous Gothic Romance in Emerald Fennell’s Lavish New Adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Classic — In Theaters February 13th
Looking for some forbidden love and a little smoldering lust this Valentine’s Day? Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to bring the heat in this lavish new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s gothic classic, charting the destructive, all-consuming romance between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw—a love so intense it leaves generations emotionally wrecked in its wake. It’s the latest from Promising Young Woman and Saltburn filmmaker Emerald Fennell, so expect a torrid romance that’s equal parts swoon-worthy and emotionally unhinged. So, roses are optional... but emotional devastation is certainly guaranteed.
🎥 “Relationship Goals” Trailer: Kelly Rowland and Method Man Turn Career Ambition Into Romantic Competition in This New Workplace Rom-Com — Streaming February 4th on Prime Video
Singer-turned-actress Kelly Rowland and rapper-turned-actor Clifford “Method Man” Smith are about to learn that romance has a habit of crashing even the most carefully planned career moves. In this new Amazon Studios rom-com, Rowland stars as Leah Caldwell, a laser-focused television producer on the brink of making history as the first woman to run New York’s top morning show. Complication arrives right on cue when her past walks back into the building. Enter her ex, Jarrett Roy (Method Man), newly rebranded as a reformed man of modern romance thanks to the bestselling book Relationship Goals—and now competing for the very same job. Forced to team up on a Valentine’s Day–themed segment, these two exes quickly discover that some sparks never really go out... they just wait for the right quirky moment to flare back up.
🎥 “Hellfire” Trailer: Stephen Lang Unleashes One-Man Justice Against Harvey Keitel and Dolph Lundgren in a Gritty Small-Town Crime Thriller — In Theaters and on VOD February 17th
Avatar star Stephen Lang trades Pandora for small town justice, starring as a haunted ex–Green Beret drifter who wanders into a Southern town rotting from the inside out. Controlled by a ruthless crime boss (veteran screen legend Harvey Keitel) and enforced by a corrupt sheriff (iconic action star Dolph Lundgren), the town quickly proves it’s not interested in redemption—until violence forces Lang’s lone outsider to take a stand. Sometimes justice doesn’t come with a badge... it comes with a body count and a little hellfire.
🎥 “The Huntsman” Trailer: Shawn Ashmore Gets Pulled Into a Killer’s Web in This Psychological Thriller with Jessy Schram, Elizabeth Mitchell & Garret Dillahunt — Premieres on VOD/Digital February 10th
What starts as an act of compassion quickly turns into a waking nightmare in this tense psychological thriller. Shawn Ashmore stars as an ICU nurse who volunteers to help a coma patient (Garret Dillahunt) accused of murdering six women—only to find himself pulled into a claustrophobic maze of manipulation, obsession, and buried secrets. As Jessy Schram’s determined detective closes in, the lines between caregiver and accomplice blur, revealing just how dangerous sympathy can be when the wrong person is lying perfectly still.
🎥 “Dooba Dooba” Full Trailer: A Babysitter is Terrorized Under the Lens of Security Cameras in Ehrland Hollingsworth’s Found-Footage Nightmare — In Select Theaters and VOD January 23rd
A seemingly simple babysitting job turns into a slow-burn nightmare in this found-footage thriller directed by Ehrland Hollingsworth. Shot entirely through in-home security cameras, the film traps viewers inside a suburban pressure cooker as a babysitter becomes the target of relentless psychological torment. What starts as awkward unease escalates into something far more disturbing, with a troubled 16-year-old pulling the strings and turning the house into a surveillance-driven maze of dread.
🎥 “No Me Sigas (Don’t Follow Me)” Trailer: Karla Coronado Stars as a Fame-Hungry Influencer in Blumhouse’s First Spanish-Language Original — Streaming Now on Hulu
Directed by Ximena García Lecuona and Eduardo Lecuona, this sharp-edged horror tale taps into the dark side of influencer culture. Karla Coronado stars as a fame-hungry content creator who fakes a haunting to juice her engagement numbers—likes, shares, and screams included. The joke sours fast when her staged paranormal stunt opens the door to something very real, very angry, and very much not interested in going viral.
🎥 “Death Name” Trailer: Amy Keum Stars as a Young Korean-American Woman Uncovering a Deadly Family Curse in This New Supernatural Horror — Streaming Now on Tubi
In this supernatural horror thriller directed by Réi, a young Korean American woman (played by Amy Keum) goes searching for answers buried in her family’s past. What begins as a personal journey into heritage and identity quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. By digging up long-suppressed secrets, she awakens a lethal family curse that’s been waiting patiently... and now wants blood.
🎥 “Gale: Yellow Brick Road” Trailer: Emily Confronts the Decayed Ruins of Oz in Daniel Alexander’s Indie Fantasy Horror — In Theaters February 11th
In this indie horror thriller from director Daniel Alexander, the Yellow Brick Road leads somewhere far darker than anyone remembers. An elderly Dorothy Gale is haunted by visions of a rotted, nightmarish Oz—one that’s no longer content to stay in her memories. When her granddaughter Emily is dragged into this decaying fantasy world, she’s forced to face the horrors that broke Dorothy in the first place, where survival means confronting what Oz truly became after the storybook ending.
🎥 “Jimpa” U.S. Trailer: Olivia Colman and John Lithgow Star as Daughter and Father Reconciling in Sophie Hyde’s Family Drama — Hitting U.S. Theaters February 6th
Directed by Sophie Hyde, this warm, quietly piercing drama centers on Hannah (Olivia Colman) and her non-binary teenager as they head to Amsterdam in hopes of reconnecting with Hannah’s estranged father, Jimpa (John Lithgow). What starts as a well-intentioned family visit quickly reveals old wounds, clashing values, and the emotional weight of time slipping away. As Jimpa’s health declines and his old-school worldview collides with the present, the trip becomes a delicate balancing act between love, frustration, and the messy work of understanding one another across generations.
🎥 “Mother’s Pride” U.K. Trailer: Martin Clunes, Mark Addy, and James Buckley Star as Family Members Saving a Village Pub in This New British Comedy — In U.K. Cinemas This March
Starring Martin Clunes, Mark Addy, and James Buckley, this feel-good British comedy raises a pint to family, community, and second chances. After the death of their formidable matriarch, the Harley clan bands together to save their crumbling local pub before it’s gone for good. With tensions running high and loyalties divided, the unlikely solution comes down to mastering the noble art of real ale brewing—and proving, at the Great British Beer Awards, that a shared passion (and a good pint) can still bring everyone together.
🎥 “The Haunted Forest” Trailer: Grayson Gwaze Stars as a Horror-Loving Scare Actor in Keith Boynton’s Indie Thriller — Arriving VOD/Digital February 13th
Writer-director Keith Boynton presents the story of Zach (Grayson Gwaze), a horror-obsessed teenager who takes a job as a scare actor at a haunted forest attraction. His fascination with the macabre is put to the test when a series of real-life killings forces him to reconsider his devotion to the world of horror.
🎥 “Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience” Trailer: K-Pop Global Sensations Bring Their Sold-Out SoFi Stadium Performance to the Big Screen — In Theaters February 6th
This concert film provides a large-scale theater experience featuring the global K-Pop sensation Stray Kids during their sold-out performances at SoFi Stadium. Beyond the stage, the film offers fans a glimpse behind the curtain with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the band.
🎥 “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” Trailer: The Nobel Laureate and Holocaust Survivor Battles the “Sin of Indifference” in New PBS Documentary — Premiering January 27th on PBS & PBS App
This documentary chronicles the life of Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, from his liberation from Buchenwald to his influential career as a journalist and activist. The film highlights his lifelong mission to champion human rights and combat the “sin of indifference” through his writing and teaching.
🎥 “Summer Beats” Trailer: Two Best Friends Navigate Paris Tower Blocks and Summer Camp in French Filmmakers Lise Akoka and Romane Guéret’s Coming-of-Age Film — Coming Soon to International Cinemas
French filmmakers Lise Akoka and Romane Guéret follow two inseparable friends, Shaï and Djeneba, as they leave their Paris tower blocks to work at a summer camp in southeast France. Their journey of supervising unruly children challenges their friendship and forces them to reimagine their future dreams and desires.
🎥 “The Big Fake” Trailer: Pietro Castellitto Stars as a Master Art Forger in 1970s Rome for Director Stefano Lodovichi — Premiering January 23rd on Netflix
Directed by Stefano Lodovichi and starring Pietro Castellitto, this Italian drama explores the life of an aspiring artist in 1970s Rome who becomes a master forger for criminal gangs. Inspired by true events, the story examines how far one man is willing to go to carve his name into history.
