Common moviegoers are properly aware of Fathom Leisure, the corporate behind nostalgic returns of fan-favorite films to the large display (together with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade later this month). But it surely additionally showcases new movies occasionally, together with a current competition standout that audiences won’t have gotten to see on the theater in any other case. It’s a horror comedy titled Ick that was well-received on the 2024 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition in addition to the 2024 Unbelievable Fest (the place io9 saw and liked it).
Ick is directed by Joseph Kahn, famous for his intensive resume of trendy music movies in addition to earlier options like Torque and Bodied. Appropriately, considered one of Ick‘s standout qualities is its soundtrack, which is filled with pop-punk sing-alongs from early 2000s bands (Blink-182, Paramore, and so forth.)—necessary nostalgia fodder for the primary character, performed by Brandon Routh, a highschool instructor who’s nonetheless eager for his decades-old glory days on the identical highschool’s soccer discipline.
And, after all, since this can be a horror film, the city the place mentioned highschool is situated has an issue described by the film title: a mysterious and harmful icky substance that appears to be rising in energy.
Try the trailer:
The forged of Ick additionally contains Mena Suvari because the Routh character’s former flame, and Malina Weissman as her teenage daughter.
Although it’s solely getting a three-day launch, that Ick is getting an opportunity to stretch out on a theatrical display in any respect is encouraging information for different smaller, non-franchise horror movies. Hopefully that is the beginning of a pattern that may increase audiences for extra future cult classics to return.
You may catch Ick in theaters in New York and Los Angeles beginning July 24; then, it’ll get a nationwide engagement July 27-29. You may signal as much as be taught when tickets go on sale at Fathom Entertainment’s website.
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