Men has been causing plenty of discussion in the US, and people in the UK will get a chance to delve into it when it comes to cinemas next Wednesday (June 1).
The new horror movie from Alex Garland sees Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreat to the countryside after a personal tragedy. However, her peace is threatened by someone – or something – starts to stalk her, leading to a living nightmare for Harper.
Even from that description, you'll know Men won't be an easy watch and if you've seen the trailer, featuring multiple versions of Rory Kinnear, it's clear that Garland is ready to freak you out.
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What you might not expect is that the movie has plenty of humour throughout, which the leading duo feel add to the scares.
"I think that people feel quite grateful for those moments, to kind of let go a little bit and then be lulled back into this discomfort and uncomfortability," Buckley told Digital Spy.
Kinnear added: "Being asked to laugh increases the unsettlingness of the film, thinking, 'Am I allowed to laugh? Should I be? Have they got this wrong by allowing me to laugh? Is this a fault of the film?'.
"We're talking about the the sort of the impact of [the movie] and the way that it is provocative and ask questions of an audience is by wrong-footing them at points.
"This is within the genre of a horror film that you all know and maybe love, but those things that you expect, I'm going to give you some of them, but others I'm going to completely flip the script on it."
You'll be able to make your own mind up about Men when it arrives in UK cinemas next Wednesday (June 1), just in case you needed something other than the Platinum Jubilee to think about.
Men is out now in US cinemas and is released in UK cinemas on June 1.
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Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
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