The first trailer for “Infinity Pool” immerses us in the horrific universe of filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg. Starring rising star Mia Goth and Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård, this thriller promises plenty of terror.
Brandon Cronenberg: a filmmaker on the rise
Brandon Cronenberg, son of the famous director David Cronenberg, has since his first feature film proven himself in exploring horror. Noticed in 2012 with Antiviralit is in 2020 that he satisfies the critics with Owner. Today he comes back with Infinity Pool, carried by a high-flying cast. The film showcases Hollywood’s newest darling Mia Goth, and the actor fresh off the charts The Northman, Alexander Skarsgard. Despite what one might expect, the two actors do not form the initial duo of the story, but turn out to be a disturbing encounter…
Infinity Pool : a dream turning into a nightmare
The first pictures of the trailer (in one article) are bathed in sunshine by the sea and in the heart of luxury. jamesplayed by Alexander Skarsgård, is on vacation with his girlfriend Em, played by Cleopatra Coleman. After an alcoholic evening spent in the company of fans of the writer protagonist, the latter has a car accident.
Regrettable event when one accidentally kills a night jogger, what is more in a country where any crime is punished by death sentence. The couple’s jovial excursion then takes an unexpected turn, as the very frequent anti-clockwise rotations seem to symbolize…
Mia Goth: the young actress at the center of all the madness
A descent into hell begins then with a conspiracy à la Brandon Cronenberg. To escape death, the richest are offered the right to attend a macabre spectacle: the execution of their own clone. Echoes of body horror are then suggested, before giving way to a morbid staging whose Gabi, played by Mia Goth, seems to be the guru. The film then seems to fit into a Funny Gameswhose community aspect reminds us Midsommar…
This eccentricity proposed by Brandon Cronenberg was not the first in the career of the two main actors. For mia gothit’s a set of more or less disturbing films on which she worked. A cure for life, Suspiria, HighLife or the recent ones X and Pearl offered him confusing rolesoften at the limit of madness.
On his side, Alexander Skarsghasrd works with filmmakers strong thematic and scenic proposals. He was thus directed by Robert Eggers for his last role, or by Lars von Trier in Melancholiaa director whom Mia Goth also rubbed shoulders with for the Nymphomaniac.
Infinity Pool thus forms part of the continuity of works giving us pause and shiver. The film is to be discovered soon, to discover an unprecedented performance of the new “Horror Queen”…
