“This year a movie will be a full-body experience. Witness it”.
That is the warning that Paramount Pictures issues about its next horror project, Primatefrom co-writer and director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night).
As part of the marketing campaign, the studio organized an advance screening that caused all kinds of reactions among the audience. This is what is explained in the promotional clip:
“The public was invited to an advance screening of Primate. A microphone was placed on each person and they were recorded individually.. Any horror movie can make a person jump out of their seat. “We couldn’t find one that didn’t.”
Take a look at the promo at the end of the note.
Primate tells the paradisiacal vacation of a group of friends who travel to Hawaii, which becomes complicated when Ben, the family's pet chimpanzee, turns against his master and everyone around him.
SYNOPSIS:
“In PRIMATE, a group of friends' tropical vacation becomes a terrifying, primitive survival horror story.”
The cast is headed by Johnny Sequoyah (Dexter: New Blood), Jessica Alexander (Get Even), Troy Kotsur (CODA), Victoria Wyant (Foundation), Gia Hunter (Sherlock & Daughter), Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann (The Watchers), y Hey Simon.
Roberts co-wrote the script with Ernest Riera (47 Meters Down).
Roberts has directed other projects of the genre such as The Other Side of the Door (2016), 47 Meters Down (2017) and the sequel 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), and more recently Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021).
Primate It celebrated its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, in September, and later visited Beyond Fest. It has not yet received its official classification from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPA).
Walter Hamada (The Conjuring, Annabelle, IT) produces the feature film alongside John Hodges and Bradley Pilz, with executive producers Johannes Roberts, Vicki Dee Rock, Nathan Samdahl, Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro, and Andrew Lary.
Primate hits theaters on January 8, 2026.
Source: https://cine3.com/proyecciones-anticipadas-de-primate-aterrorizan-a-la-audiencia/
