‘The Serpent’s Skin’ Red Band Trailer Delivers Neon-Soaked Sex and Violence
Dark Star Pictures has released the new red band trailer for Alice Maio Mackay’s The Serpent’s Skin ahead of its upcoming North American theatrical release, which kicks off on March 27 in New York City and on April 3 in Los Angeles. As you’ll see below, it delivers on all of the neon-soaked sex and violence we’ve come to expect (and love) from the filmmaker.
In the film, Twentysomething Anna leaves her small, transphobic hometown to start a new life in the city with her sister when she quickly finds herself face-to-face with Gen, a confident young woman she’d first seen in visions. Gen, Anna learns, has supernatural powers—powers that the two of them share. Their bond of magic and romance is threatened when Gen inadvertently unleashes a demon in Danny, Anna’s one-time fling and neighbor, and the mysterious evil begins targeting—and feeding on—everyone close to them.
“Co-written with her constant collaborator Benjamin Pahl Robinson, the film stars Australian actor Jordan Dulieu (Everything in Between) alongside rising American actor and performance artist Alexandra McVicker (HBO’s Vice Principals, Jack Haven’s October Crow, Castration Movie) and award-winning Canadian filmmaker and actor Avalon Fast (Castration Movie), with McVicker and Fast bringing their characters—doomed lovers who unwittingly unleash a demon through their deepest insecurities—and their romance to life with a palpably intense on-screen chemistry.
“Mackay has quickly cemented her position in the exciting new wave of queer filmmaking and The Serpent’s Skin brings many of the trans luminaries in the scene together, with Castration Movie auteur Louise Weard as Executive Producer, The People’s Joker breakout Vera Drew as Editor (after first teaming up on Carnage for Christmas), and So Pretty’s Jessica Dunn Rovinelli as Colorist.
The film will open in New York at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn on March 27 and in Los Angeles at the Alamo Drafthouse DTLA on April 3—as part of a special Fantastic Fest Presents showcase—with Mackay and special guests in attendance for opening nights.
Additional screenings with director Q&As include the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on April 2 and Vidiots in Los Angeles on 4/4. The film will also play at various Alamo Drafthouse’s from April 10th-16th.
Check out the new trailer above.
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