I Saw the TV Glow | A24 release the first trailer for the upcoming Justice Smith supernatural horror

A24 continue to platform left-of-centre works, despite Academy acclaim over recent years, with the production company releasing a brand new trailer for the upcoming horror “I Saw the TV Glow” by Jane Schoenbrun.

The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and screened as part of the 2024 Berlin Film Festival, follows “Teenager Owen [...] just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own.” 

“In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.”

The horror film, currently rated PG-13 by the MPAA, casts “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu” and “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” actor Justice Smith in the lead role of Owen, while joining him comes Brigette Lundy-Paine (“Bombshell,” “Bill & Ted Face The Music”), Ian Foreman (“Let the Right One In”) and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst.

The film marks the follow-up to Jane Schoenbrun’s debut feature, “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair”, also released by A24, with their credits including “A Self-Induced Hallucination” and punk TV show “The Eyeslicer”

Early reviews since its festival release have been positive, with Rotten Tomatoes reporting the film currently certified “Fresh” with  96% of 27 critics' reviews being positive, with an average rating of 8.6/10. One of those singing the film’s praises so far is Variety’s Guy Lodge, saying "This is both promising psychodrama fodder on its own terms, and of a piece with the particular fixations Schoenbrun has established across their small oeuvre thus far."

Meanwhile David Ehrlich of IndieWire wrote, "Schoenbrun's astonishing second feature manages to retain the seductive fear of their micro-budget debut and deepen its thrilling wounds of discovery even while examining them at a much larger scale"

When is “I Saw the TV Glow” released in cinemas?

A24’s latest feature, “I Saw the TV Glow”, is scheduled to be released on May 3, 2024