First Trailer for COVID-19 Horror Movie ‘Sick’ From ‘Scream’ Writer | THR News - video Dailymotion

Blumhouse and Kevin Williamson have teamed for a quarantine slasher movie that mocks masking and other pandemic-era topics.

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00:00This is incredible. Sick. And it's all ours. The only neighbor is miles away.

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00:13in all categories including Best Picture. The first trailer for the pandemic inspired

00:18horror movie Sick is here. Here's your mask. This isn't a vacation. It's a quarantine.

00:23A quarantine inside. The film set in April 2020 takes the familiar trope of a group of

00:29young people being stalked at an isolated lakeside cabin and adds some COVID-19-era twists.

00:34Help me! Oh my god! Just one moment. Unlock the door! Unlock the door! You have a mask, don't you?

00:43Your mask. What? The movie's logline reads, as the pandemic subtly brings the world to a halt,

00:48Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone. Or so they think.

00:54Mary, jump in. Water's fine. Who is this? I don't know.

00:59That's creepy, Parker.

01:02The Blumhouse and Miramax film comes from Scream writer Kevin Williamson. Sick had its world premiere

01:08at Fantastic Fest in September where it garnered strong reviews from critics. Wire service UPI

01:13declared it, quote, the most inspired pandemic movie so far. Sick will debut on the streaming

01:18service Peacock on Friday, January 13th. For more on this story and to watch the full trailer,

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