I had almost forgotten about REGRESSION, the spooky thriller from THE OTHERS director Alejandro Amenábar, but this new Spanish trailer has provided the reminder I needed. The poster can be found below as well.
The film was originally supposed to come out last August, but obviously something went awry and The Weinstein Company felt the need to hold it back. (Then again, that’s what they do with every movie.) It doesn’t want for star power, as Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson are the headliners; perhaps we’ll receive news of a release date soon.
Here’s the synopsis:
REGRESSION is set in a small Minnesota town in 1980 where a man is arrested for sexually abusing his daughter. He admits his guilt despite having no memory of it. With the help of a psychologist, he relives the memories and implicates a police officer as his partner in crime. The man’s estranged son and other townspeople are also suddenly able to relive suppressed memories of horrific abuse. At the same time, the local news reports blame a Satanic cult that has been performing rituals of orgies, assault, killing animals and even babies, for years. The officers are alarmed when similar reports come in from all around the country—they believe they’ve uncovered a national and possibly supernatural conspiracy. Is the abuse real, or something else?
David Thewlis, Devon Bostick, Dale Dickey and Aaron Ashmore co-star in REGRESSION.