One of the most talked about films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival will be hitting theaters over Labor Day weekend, which is quite the fitting release date forAntibirth. The film centers on one of the mosthorrific pregnanciesever committed to film, and you can see all the gruesome details for yourself in the first trailer that just arrived, alongside the new poster. While the Labor Day weekend marks the end of the summer movie season,Antibirthwill kick off the fall season just right for horror fans.
IFC Filmspicked up the rights toAntibirthin June, following rave reviews at Sundance. Written and Directed by experimental video artistDanny Perez, Director ofOddsac, a video collaboration with Animal Collective, and the man behind the live visuals for Black Dice and Panda Bear. The film features an all-star cast of Emmy Award NomineeNatasha Lyonne(Orange Is The New Black), Academy Award NomineeChloë Sevigny(Boys Don’t Cry), Golden Globe Winner and Academy Award NomineeMeg Tilly(The Big Chill),Mark Webber(Scott Pilgrim VS. The World) andMaxwell McCabe-Lokos(The Husband).
InAntibirth, trailer dweller Lou (Natasha Lyonne) and her best friend, Sadie (Chloe Sevigny), spend most of their nights steeped in a murky haze of pot smoke and booze-filled TV-watching sessions, venturing out on occasion to party in a desolate community full of drug-addled ex-Marines and other miscreants of society. After an otherwise normal night of self-destructive behavior, Lou awakens with symptoms of a bizarre illness and psychosomatic, recurring visions that she can’t seem to shake. Unfazed, she continues with her hard-living ways, but even her frequent bong rips don’t fully explain the shitstorm swirling around in her head.
Without being able to remember anything from the night before, she struggles to get a grip on the reality of her situation as unusualconspiracy theoriesbegin to arise. As her symptoms grow at a rapid pace, something otherworldly has infected her body, and try as she might, it refuses to be ignored.Antibirthis produced byCole Payne,Roger Meyer,David AnselmoandJustin Kelly, withNatasha Lyonnealso producing.
Antibirthhas been given a September 2release date, going up againstThe Light Against the OceansandMorgan, which are both slated to open in wide release. Also debuting in limited release isMax RosestarringJerry Lewisand directorKevin Smith’s new True North Trilogy movieYoga Hosers. Take a look at the first trailer and poster forAntibirthand stay tuned for more details.
