Killer dolls are one of many funnier horror tropes. Of the various potential threats one might face in a horror movie, a doll is the one which you possibly can completely tackle, no sweat. Yet the trope persists, from The Twilight Zone to Child’s Play (and now the Chucky TV sequence) to Annabelle, dolls and doll-like creations have confirmed themselves to be wildly efficient killing machines, particularly after they have the assistance of demons — or, like within the trailer for the upcoming horror movie M3GAN, a rogue AI.
Written by Malignant’s Akela Cooper, M3GAN (which stands for “Model 3 Generative Android”) is about a scientist (Get Out’s Allison Williams) who creates a lifelike android doll that’s meant to be the right companion for kids, and decides to introduce her to her niece. Unfortunately, M3GAN takes her mission a little too severely, and along with dancing and playtime, decides to homicide everybody who is even a little impolite to her new human good friend (typically whereas dancing.)
Even although it’s unimaginable to actually choose a movie by its trailer, it feels prefer it’s laborious for any of us to lose with this one. If it’s a nice shock like Malignant? Cool! Another addition to the cult horror canon. If it’s not? Memes for days. Of course, one of the best case situation is actually each. Unfortunately it’ll be a while earlier than we all know for positive.
M3GAN premiers in theaters on Jan. 13.
