'S. Darko' Trailer Causes More Fear Than Love

by William Goss Feb 21st 2009 // 6:32PM

Filed under: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense, 20th Century Fox, Home Entertainment, Remakes and Sequels, Trailers and Clips

I'm starting to believe that our Eugene Novikov can see into the future.

He knew that I was going to say that Donnie Darko, while somewhat overexposed, holds up to this day as a uniquely poignant coming-of-age drama and not so much the "psychological thriller" as claimed on the back of the box. He knew that I'd be a bit more obvious and say that the sister-starring spin-off, S. Darko, sounds like no better of an idea now that it has a direct-to-DVD release date in April as it did when it was announced back last May.

And he probably knew that this newly released trailer, featuring plenty of time tubes and recurring quotes (though only one returning character), really wouldn't do much to change my mind that this is a tangential-at-best follow-up looking to cash in on something truly, terrifically unique. The thing is: he called it two days ago.

I'd like to be wrong, I really would, but when Richard Kelly can't be convinced to bother lending any sort of hand, skepticism seems as strong a course of action as any. (Care to tip us one way or another, Gene?)

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