Sarah Paulson is a mother from hell in trailer for Run

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Wire hangers are the least of your worries. From SEARCHING writer/director Aneesh Chaganty comes RUN, a new horror/thriller which stars Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) as Diane, an unhinged mother who has raised her daughter Chloe (Kiera Allen) in almost total isolation since her birth, but Chloe is now beginning to uncover her mother's sinister secrets. Lionsgate has released the first trailer for the film, which is particularly unnerving. Check it out.

While speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Sarah Paulson said that she found inspiration in Piper Laurie's performance in CARRIE. "I drew mostly on my experience watching Piper Laurie in Carrie," Paulson said. "Although it’s a different dynamic, it’s still a dynamic that is a very tense one. There’s an element of control, there’s obviously an extreme codependent situation at work there, where you have a young person who is slowly coming into their own and what that causes the parent to feel. I did watch that movie more than once in preparation for this one."

The official synopsis for RUN:

They say you can never escape a mother’s love… but for Chloe, that’s not a comfort — it’s a threat. There’s something unnatural, even sinister about the relationship between Chloe (newcomer Kiera Allen) and her mom, Diane (Sarah Paulson). Diane has raised her daughter in total isolation, controlling every move she’s made since birth, and there are secrets that Chloe’s only beginning to grasp. From the visionary writers, producers and director of the breakout film Searching, comes a suspense thriller that shows that when mom gets a little too close, you need to RUN.

RUN will hit theaters on May 8, 2020.