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    Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd fight killer unicorns in new Bats**t A24 trailer

    Pabio Posted on

    Mythical creatures. Movie stars. And the studio that recently gave the world The Brutalist And Sing Sing. We would probably always be at least a little intrigued by Death of a unicornthe upcoming dark comedy starring Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd is oh, so A24 that it even intentionally misspelled “unicorn” using Old Modern English when it was first announced. (Its original title was Death of a Unicornwhich might be appropriate considering that writer-director Alex Scharfman previously worked on Robert Eggers The witch.)

    Yet when this morning’s gloriously batshit trailer arrived, it revealed that in addition to just having natural buckets of cool-kid alternative cred, Death of a unicorn also revolves around much more than the cruel slaughter of these majestic beasts of ancient times… it’s also a horror film where the horn of a unicorn holds the secrets to curing cancer… watch closely when these little ponies turn out to be absolute man-eaters!

    Indeed, with a confusing use of the Beach Boys classic, “Good Vibrations,” Death of a unicorn features Wednesdayby Ortega opposite America’s favorite new dad, Rudd, as the pair head into the woods for a fateful work trip that goes horribly wrong after killing a unicorn on the road. But faster than you can say “Tommy Boy,” the magical animal turns out to be only Above all dead. And by the time they get to the film’s other characters, including Téa Leoni, Richard E. Grant, and Will Poulter, the latter of whom appears to be having absolutely the time of his life mugging the camera, the creature is revealed. be on the rebound.

    After countless bloody hijinks, our quintet of characters have the reckless idea of ​​harnessing the unicorn’s enchanted properties to cure all illnesses… but in reality, they might just invite themselves to discover what the unicorn’s digestive tract looks like. legendary courier.

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