A24 fans are licking their lamb chops in anticipation of the distributor’s next arthouse horror film, Lamb, hailed as “batshit crazy” out of the film’s World Premiere at Cannes.
Looking like another Biblical drama in the vein of The Witch, A24 shares the first piece of art that shows Prometheus star Noomi Rapace holding the film’s title character – a lamb that’s allegedly half human, half sheep. What does the animal’s body look like in that bad?!
The best part of the poster is the excellent tagline, which promises that mother nature is about to get turned on its head.
In addition, A24 promises a brand new trailer tomorrow that will presumably come with the film’s release date. A brooding international trailer was released ahead of Cannes.
“Lamb is the story of a childless couple, María (Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason), who are sheep farmers in Iceland.
“On Christmas Eve they find a newborn who is half human, half sheep.
“Longing for a child of their own they decide to keep the lamb-child and raise it as their own regardless of the consequences. This unexpected prospect of a new family brings them much joy, before ultimately destroys them.”
“A script like this is rare and I directly felt that I had to do it,” said Rapace when the film was originally announced in Variety. “I’ve never done anything like this before and I can’t wait to start filming and go back to my roots in Iceland.”
