When we first heard that the gorgeous Scarlett Johansson -below (‘Avengers Assemble’) would be taking on a role as a sexually voracious alien our interest was more than peaked. ‘Sexy Beast’ helmer Jonathan Glazer is the man behind the camera lensing the ‘Under the Skin’ based on the original novel by Michel Faber. And from this newly released visual teaser trailer we can certainly see which way the project is leaning. So forget all those previous ‘Species’ meets ‘My Stepmother in an Alien’ misconceptions this flick looks to be unique, visceral, complicated, unsettling and smack bang somewhere in the merging realms of Lynch/Cronenberg/Kubrick. ‘Under the Skin’ is set to screen at this months Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September. So brace yourself for some utter weirdness and head below to check out the short new teaser.
“Isserley, an alien on earth, disguised as the perfect aesthetic form of a mesmerizing woman. She scours remote highways and desolate scenery looking to use her greatest weapon to snare human prey — her voracious sexuality. She is deadly efficient, but over time becomes drawn to and changed by the complexity of life on earth. With this new found humanity and weakening alien resolve, she finds herself on a collision course with her own kind.”
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