Having premiered a few months back at the Festival de Cannes, Torgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer unleashed itself on the world, generating a mountain of buzz that has surprisingly maintained itself.
The Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman starrer just got its first trailer, highlighted by a chilling accapella rendition of Ellie Goulding’s pop hit “Burn”, setting the backdrop for a film that is equal parts chilling, disturbing, and thought provoking.
The film, which is Lanthimos’ follow-up to 2015’s The Lobster, centers around the relationship between a teenager and a surgeon he desperate wants to be part of his family. But when the transition doesn’t work as expected, a wild, paralyzing tale begins to take place, sending everyone on a mad chase to understand the root of the new found evil.
At one point a distraught Nicole Kidman expresses confusion: “I don’t understand why I should have to pay the price. Why my children should have to pay the price.”
When I saw the film back in May it was hard to not appreciate the constant, hair-like tension that Lanthimos was able to maintain. The film is a meticulously laid out thriller, wrapped in the beating heart of a horror scenario.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer hits theaters on October 27.
