News culture The Silence of the Lambs … at a Taylor Swift concert: This is the pitch for the Split director’s next film and it promises to be just as shocking
M. Night Shyamalan’s new film invites us to see the pop star (almost) for free with its crazy new concept.
An Eras tour that goes wrong
The Silence of the Lambs, at a concert by TaylorSwift! These are really two elements that should not be found together, and yet M. Night Shyamalan wants to unite them for his next film. The Split director therefore continues to surprise his fans with a completely crazy new concept and presents a new horror film in the cinema after “Old and Knock at the Cabin”. As a reminder, ” The silence of the Lambs “ is a 1991 psychological thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and based on the novel by Thomas Harris. The film tells the story of Clarice Starling, a young FBI recruit who enlists the help of imprisoned ex-psychiatrist and serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter to catch another serial killer.
A plot inspired by real events
In a trailer we can learn more about this amazing concept. “Trap”, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is a psychological thriller that is set to hit theaters on August 2, 2024. The main roles are played by Josh Hartnett (“Virgin Suicides”), Ariel Donoghue and Saleka Shyamalan. The plot revolves around a father and his teenage daughter who attend a pop concert, only to discover that they are at the center of a sinister event; a serial killer is hiding there. Unfortunately, the trailer already gives away one of the twists, which we will reveal to you.
As M. Night Shyamalan explains RichThis concept is partly taken from a true story: “Operation Flagship”. This is a covert operation carried out by American authorities in 1985 to catch wanted criminals. About 3,000 refugees received invitations with the promise of free tickets to a Washington Redskins football game. On the day of the event, several refugees showed up, thinking they were attending the game. Instead, they were immediately arrested. “It was so twisted and funny », comments the director.
Still in the interview he explains that he is sure that this film will be interesting and stresses the importance of traveling to see it; ” it is really important that we come “We go to the movies and see something we’ve never seen before,” he said. It should be noted that he clearly didn’t do things by halves, as the concert by Lady Raven (equivalent to Taylor Swift in the film) was performed life-size. In this show, Shyamalan takes the opportunity to highlight his daughter Saleka, who plays the pop star. “There is a real concert in the truest sense of the wordYou can’t see that anywhere else,” teases the director.
