M3GAN trailer stars a dancing robot girl who murders people

One of the most spooky horror tropes is killing dolls. A doll could be one of many potential threats in horror films. AbsolutelyTake on the task, it’s not hard. But the cliché persists. The Twilight ZoneTo Child’s Play And now, ChuckyTelevision series Annabelle, dolls and doll-like creations have proven themselves to be wildly effective killing machines, especially when they have the help of demons — or, like in the trailer for the upcoming horror film M3GANThe rogue artificial intelligence.

Written by Malignant’s Akela Cooper, M3GAN (which stands for “Model 3 Generative Android”) is about a scientist (Move Out’s Allison Williams) who creates a lifelike android doll that’s meant to be the perfect companion for children, and decides to introduce her to her niece. M3GAN is not so kind to Allison Williams’ mission. You can alsoSeriously, she decides to dance and to play and murder anyone even remotely rude to her friend. Sometimes, while dancing.

Even though it’s impossible to truly judge a film by its trailer, it feels like it’s hard for any of us to lose with this one. If it’s a great surprise like Malignant? Cool! This is another addition to the horror cult canon. If it’s not? Use memes Days. Both is the ideal scenario. Unfortunately it’ll be some time before we know for sure.

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