Stalkers, grief, and doppelgängers abound in the full and frightening trailer for Alex Garland’s Men, his third writer/directorial effort, following Ex Machina and Annihilation.
Academy Award nominee Jessie Buckley stars as Harper, a woman grieving her husband (Paapa Essiedu) who died by suicide. She heads to the countryside to process, but a series of chilling encounters quickly squashes any chance at peace of mind. A strange man stalks her, the apple tree in her yard is losing all its fruit… and did I mention that all the men around her look the same?
Rory Kinnear plays seemingly every man near Harper’s countryside retreat, including a priest and the creepy caretaker of her house. His face is even deep-faked onto a child at one point, resulting in one of the trailer’s most unsettling images.
Men is in theaters May 20.
