Freaky Trailer for Screen Story Possession Horror ‘Bloat’ Set in Japan
by Alex Billington
January 23, 2025
Source: YouTube
“You think you’re gonna wake up from a nightmare – but it ain’t no nightmare, it’s real.” Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror thriller movie called Bloat, made by filmmaker Pablo Absento who is based in Tokyo, Japan. Ready for release in March including on VOD, though we haven’t seen this show up at any festivals before. The film follows a mother and two sons vacationing in Japan. Their younger son almost drowns in a lake, and soon after the accident, the parents realize that something is wrong with their boy. From a producer of Searching and Unfriended, Ben McKenzie and Bojana Novakovic star in this chilling tale of horror and suspense. The boy’s family is horrified to discover he has become possessed by a legendary demon from the depths of the lake. As the family races against time to save the boy’s soul, the evil monster tears the family apart as it seeks to destroy anything in its path. Also with Malcolm Fuller, Sawyer Jones, and Kane Kosugi. This is actually yet another screen story movie – told entirely through computer screens. Which seems a bit strange for this kind of drowning possession story, but sure why not.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Pablo Absento’s horror film Bloat, direct from Lionsgate’s YouTube:
Ben McKenzie and Bojana Novakovic star in this chilling tale of horror and suspense from director Pablo Absento. After a near-death drowning accident in Japan, a young boy’s family is horrified to discover he has become possessed by a legendary demon from the depths of the lake. As the family races against time to save the boy’s soul, the evil monster inside him tears the family apart as it seeks to destroy everyone in its path. Bloat is written & directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Pablo Absento based in Tokyo, making his feature directorial debut after a few other short films previously. Produced by Timur Bekmambetov and Mariya Zatulovskaya. This hasn’t premiered at any festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Lionsgate will debut Absento’s Bloat film in select US theaters + on VOD starting March 7th, 2025 coming soon. Scary?
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