‘Demonic’ Trailer: Frank Grillo And Maria Bello Lead James Wan-Produced Thriller
Originally,James Wanwas supposed to have two films out in 2014:Furious 7, which he directed; andDemonic, which he produced. Alas, both got pulled off the calendar.Furious 7has at least found a new date in April, but we’re still waiting for release details onDemonic.
In the meantime, though, we do have a newDemonictrailer that offers a taste of the creepiness to come.Frank GrilloandMaria Bellostar as a detective and a psychologist (respectively) investigating the deaths of five college students who perished while looking for ghosts.Will Canondirected. Watch theDemonictrailer after the jump.
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Demonicwas shot in early 2013 and has been gathering dust ever since. Dimension Films finally got around to announcing a release date last summer, giving it the July 15, 2025 slot, only to cancel those plans just a few months later. As of now,Demonicstill doesn’t have a release date.
No reason was given for the delay, and theDemonictrailer doesn’t really provide any clues. It doesn’t lookgreat— the trailer, at least, feels kind of derivative — but it doesn’t look any worse than some of the crappy horror releases that did hit theaters in 2014.
Plus, Grillo had a big year last year withCaptain America: The Winter Soldier,The Purge: Anarchy, and DirecTV’sThe Kingdom. You’d think the studio would have wanted to piggyback on that. Or maybe he was so overexposed that the studio wanted to spread the wealth?
In any case,Demonicalso starsCody Horn,Dustin Milligan,Megan Park,Scott Mechlowicz, andAaron Yoo. In addition to producing, Wan also contributed to the story. It’ll likely land in theaters sometime this year.
DEMONIC centers on the aftermath of a horrific massacre where five college students were brutally murdered inside an abandoned home. Detective Mark Lewis and psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Klein question one of the few survivors who explains they were amateur ghost-hunters, seeking out paranormal phenomenon at the abandoned house, which was believed to be haunted. But what started out as a harmless activity turned into something truly terrifying.
