Dan Stevens and Drew Starkey star in Onslaught, an ode to the ’80s filmmaking

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Raquel Laguna/ SUCOPRESS. Dan Stevens and Drew Starkey star in ONSLAUGHT, directed by Adam Wingard. In this interview, both actors talk about the unique script and about their characters in the movie. Following a detour into blockbuster filmmaking, Wingard returns to his genre roots with ONSLAUGHT, a fun, freaky, and ferocious female-driven action-thriller that fuses contemporary military paranoia with the gonzo spirit of an ’80s slasher B-movie. With echoes of HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, and THE TERMINATOR, the movie blends pulpy action spectacle, conspiracy thrills, and midnight-movie insanity into something both nostalgic and prescient. In ONSLAUGHT, when a rogue squad of genetically engineered super-soldiers breaks loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter. Adria Arjona, Eric Wareheim, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Alex Pereira and Rebecca Hall star in the film alongside Dan Stevens and Drew Starkey. ONSLAUGHT releases on September 4th, 2026.

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00:00I would like to know first, what did you think the first time you read the script?

00:05Oh my goodness, I was so entertained and I'm always so happy to read anything from Adam and Simon.

00:11You know, they've been friends of mine since we made The Guest together 13 years ago.

00:15And we've talked about many different projects over the years and I've read so many of their ideas and scripts.

00:21And they teased this one some time ago, you know, and they didn't let me read it until much later

00:28in the day.

00:28And so, you know, I was I was so ready to read it and so excited and yeah, I loved

00:33it.

00:33Drew, what was the most fun part of stepping into this crazy world?

00:41Oh my God, the most fun part.

00:45I mean, so many things.

00:47I think I think any time you get to, you know, change your look, your normal look so immensely is

00:57always a blast.

00:59But then I honestly just the boring answer is just being on set and working with Adam and how collaborative

01:06he is and how how how really fun it is to to to make something with him.

01:11And and and and all that really just translates.

01:13You know, I got to see the film for the first time last night and it it's just a fun

01:17experience watching it.

01:19So, Dan, how would you describe your character, Kammler?

01:23Oh my goodness, how would I describe your character?

01:25Oh my goodness.

01:27The perverted genius.

01:29I don't know.

01:30I mean, just so fun.

01:31It was, you know, we knew that we wanted to create a sort of delicious villain with this with this

01:35role.

01:36And, and, you know, there's no greater person to do that with than Adam Wingard.

01:40And so, yeah, I just I had so much fun.

01:45But yeah, gosh, I don't know how I would describe him.

01:47But yeah, what do you think makes this film fresh, new, different from other action movies?

01:56Oh, well, you know, I mean, I think I think it's I think it's a bit of an a return

02:01to form and an ode to this kind of, you know, 80 genre of filmmaking with with all these, you

02:09know, modern assets to it.

02:12And I think I think the attention to detail that Adam's put into it as well.

02:17It's shot incredibly well.

02:18The music's amazing.

02:21I mean, you know, you have all these kind of larger than life characters and it's smashed together in one

02:26in one narrative, but it makes for a really, really good time.

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