
Blue Fox Entertainment shared the official trailer for Wake Up, the horror thriller film following a group of young activists who set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore but end up fighting for their lives in a night of terror after getting trapped inside with a deranged security guard.
The film which world premiered at Austin’s Fantastic Fest, stars Turlough Convery (Netflix’s Black Mirror), Benny O.Arthur (Sky and Canal +’s Django), Alessia Yoko Fontana (Sky’s Iris), Jacqueline Moré (The Anarchist’s Dream), Kyle Scudder (Netflix’s In Love All Over Again), Thomas Gould, Charlotte Stoiber (Downfall) and Aidan O’Hare (My Sailor My Love). It was produced by Laurent Baudens (We Are Zombies) and Gaël Nouaille (Spoiled Brats) for Borsalino Productions.
Directed by siblings Anouk Whissell and Yoannn-Karl Whissell of the directing team RKSS (Turbo Kid, Summer of 84), Wake Up opens in theaters nationwide in the U.S. and Canada on April 4, 2025.
A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.
In their review, Bloody Disgusting gave the film 3.5 of 5 skulls, writing, “It’s the undercurrent of unrestrained fury that boils over into merciless violence that takes precedence over characters and story here. The high-concept slasher doesn’t offer much in the way of story development or characterization, but it doesn’t need to. It’s a lean, mean – emphasis on mean- horror effort that scratches that slasher itch. RKSS ensures the violence is felt keenly and promises to make you think twice when venturing into a familiar Scandinavian ready-to-assemble furniture chain again.”
Watch the official trailer for Wake Up.