A24's God's Creatures: Trailer, Cast, Release Date

A24 Unveils the Chilling Trailer For Its Psychological Drama "God's Creatures"

16 August 2022 by Njera Perkins

A24 has its next psychological drama queued up and it stars Paul Mescal and Emily Watson as a mother-son duo. "God's Creatures," set in an Irish fishing village, follows the strained relationship of Mescal's Brian O'Hara and Watson's Aileen after a gruesome accusation of sexual assault threatens to unravel their family. A24 released the film's first trailer on Aug. 16 and it teases more details about a prodigal son's fall from grace in what critics describe as a chilling thriller.

Directing duo Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer premiered "God's Creatures" at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, which took place May 17-28. Watson, at the annual cinema event, spoke to Deadline about the film and its connections to reality. "Mothers give their sons alibis for sexual crimes, and they are believed. And there are actual stories in Ireland of villages or towns where people have been accused of rape and the whole community closes around them and ostracizes the woman," she told the outlet, "so it's a very oppressing, real-life thing."

"God's Creatures" is expected to debut this fall. Read ahead for everything we know about the film, including the plot, cast, release date, and trailer.

"God's Creatures" Plot

According to A24, the psychological thriller follows the "increasingly strained relationship between prodigal son Brian O'Hara (Mescal) and his mother, Aileen (Watson), when he suddenly returns home to his family after living abroad in Australia for seven years. After Brian is accused of an unspeakable act against a former flame (Aisling Franciosi), Aileen is caught between protecting her dear son and her own sense of right and wrong, driving her to near-madness."