The AFRAID trailer is Smart House meets M3GAN
John Cho stars in Blumhouse's next "AI is scary and bad" movie, AFRAID, in theaters August 30
Blumhouse: The horror-forward studio where “if it works, it works.” That’s the best possible explanation we have for the AFRAID trailer (all caps, stylized for “AI” emphasis) including, beat-for-beat, the same scene that was in the M3GAN trailers. Specifically, the scene where a bully threatens the protagonist’s kid and an artificially intelligent helper takes things way too far and kills the bully. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and this time throw in John Cho for good measure. Coming to a theater near you on August 30!
AFRAID was written and directed by Chris Weitz and stars Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dastmalchian, and Keith Carradine. Per the official synopsis (via IGN), “Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all. She learns the family’s behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing—and no one—gets in her family’s way.”