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The ‘Green Room’ and ‘Rebel Ridge’ filmmaker returns with a gritty, high-stakes chase movie set inside a haunted house attraction.
A24 has officially released the first trailer and poster for SLAYGROUND, the highly anticipated new thriller from acclaimed writer and director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room, Blue Ruin, Rebel Ridge). Previously developed under the working title October, the film is scheduled to land exclusively in theaters on January 29, 2027.
SLAYGROUND follows a gritty, high-stakes premise reminiscent of The Fugitive blended with relentless Halloween horror. The story begins on the night of October 24th following a mass casualty event at a haunted house attraction. ‘Metal Mike’ Graves (played by Cory Michael Smith) awakens inside the twisted attraction surrounded by the dead bodies of his co-workers with absolutely no memory of how they got there. As a massive police-mandated manhunt closes in, Mike becomes the primary suspect in the investigation. Escaping custody, he must navigate the lethal attraction and piece together the truth to clear his name—if he can survive the night.
The film marks a major reunion between Saulnier and A24, a decade after collaborating on the cult-classic horror-thriller Green Room.
Production Details & Technical Credits:
- Written & Directed By: Jeremy Saulnier
- Produced By: A24, Rich Peete (Neighborhood Watch), Eli Bush (Central), and Skei Saulnier (Niteowl Films)
- Executive Producers: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Traci Carlson, Elliott Coley, and Macon Blair
- Original Score By: Academy Award winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross [1, 2]
Ensemble Cast:
The thriller features a powerhouse ensemble cast leading the relentless chase:
- Cory Michael Smith (Saturday Night, Gotham)
- Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
- Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me)
- Young Mazino (Beef)
- Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later)
- Matty Matheson (The Bear)
- Stanley Simons (The Iron Claw)
- With James Badge Dale (The Pacific)
- And Stephen Root (Barry, Get Out)
The promotional rollout kicked off with a mysterious, unbranded teaser trailer playing in front of theater screenings over the weekend, driving audiences to a cryptic online countdown site. With the full trailer now live, film fans can catch their first official look at Saulnier’s return to pure genre tension ahead of its theatrical debut this January.
