Creepy Puppets Come to Life in “Separation” Trailer

One way to judge the potential of a horror movie is based on how many times you say "Nope" while watching the trailer. I certainly said that a lot while watching the preview for Separation, from the director of past horror hits like The Devil Inside and The Boy.

Rupert Friend plays Jeff, distraught over the loss of his wife Maggie (Mamie Gummer). Now a single dad raising his daughter Jenny (Violet McGraw), he starts unraveling after Jenny starts acting out and seeing her puppets come to life at night. Things escalate when Jeff and the nanny (Madeline Brewer) start seeing the puppets too. The cast of the film also includes the great Brian Cox as Maggie's mother, as well as Simon Quarterman (Westworld) and horror monster MVP Troy James (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Channel Zero).

Separation will have a limited release on Friday, April 30.

Check out the trailer below.

About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.