‘Saloum’ Trailer: Upcoming Shudder Release Is An Extraordinary Collision of Genre [Exclusive]
Josh Korngut
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Today we’ve scored an exclusive look at the trailer for upcoming Shudder release Saloum. A critically acclaimed genre-blender packed with eye-popping action, this title was a film festival darling in 2021 where it won numerous awards and screened all across the world. Now it’s being unleashed by Shudder on September 8th, and we can’t wait to watch it all over again. A Senegalese thriller, Saloum is set during the 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d’état.
In the film, after being shot down after fleeing a coup and extracting a drug lord from Guinea-Bissau, the legendary mercenaries known as the Bangui Hyenas—Chaka, Rafa, and Midnight—must stash their stolen gold bounty, lay low long enough to repair and refuel their plane, and escape back to Dakar, Senegal. When they take refuge at a holiday camp in the coastal region of Sine-Saloum, they do their best to blend in with their fellow guests; including a mute named Awa, with secrets of her own, and a policeman who may be on their tail. But it’s Chaka who happens to be hiding the darkest secret of them all. Unbeknownst to the other Hyenas, he’s brought them there for a reason. Once his past catches up to him, his decisions have devastating consequences, threatening to unleash hell on them all.
Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot and written Herbulot and Pamela Diop, this action-packed thriller stars Yann Gael, Mentor Ba, Roger Sallah, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Bruno Henry, and Marielle Salmier.
IFC Films will release the film in NY and LA on Friday, September 2 before Shudder’s premiere. It will also see a limited theatrical release across a number of other cities in the weeks that follow.
Dread Central’s Drew Tinnin reviewed the title out of TIFF, writing: “Combining a drug trafficking movie with the occult, Saloum offers up a reflection of French West Africa where the legends of today cross paths with the ancestors of the distant past.” Check out the full review right here.
Watch the trailer for Saloum:
Lastly, what did you think of the trailer for Saloum? Will you be checking it out on Shudder once it’s available on September 8th? Let us know on Twitter via @DreadCentral. We’re always around to chat about all things Shudder!
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