The new trailer for Passenger ominously warns that “130 million people take road trips every year; 15,400 of them are never seen again.” As someone who listens to way too many murder podcasts each day, I totally buy into this number. This central idea is at the heart of André Øvredal’s film about a couple who find that van life is more dangerous than they ever bargained for.
Passenger stars Lou Llobell (Foundation) and Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life), along with Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter). Based on the new trailer and the below synopsis, it kinda sounds like a mix of It Follows and The Hitcher.
SYNOPSIS: “A few weeks into their van life adventure, a young couple witnesses a horrific accident that leaves the driver dead. Soon they’re being pursued by a demonic stalker who’s impossible to outrun and follows them wherever they go.”
Øvredal most recently directed The Last Voyage of the Demeter, which took a small chapter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and expanded it into a terrifying vampire horror on the high seas. He also directed Trollhunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, all extremely popular with the genre crowd.
Paramount will release Passenger in theaters on May 22nd.
