Body-Snatching Alien Lovers Kooky Comedy ‘The Becomers’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 22, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I guess we’re gonna have to start assimilating sooner rather than later.” Dark Star Pictures has revealed an official trailer for The Becomers, an indie sci-fi comedy from filmmaker Zach Clark. This premiered at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal one year ago, and is ready for release in US art house theaters + on VOD this fall. A body-snatching alien comes to Earth, reconnects with their missing partner alien, and tries to find their way in modern America. The “visually striking and outrageously plotted film reverberates with the pulse of politics & cultural trends of the last five years – drawing from COVID, Qanon, and constant states of anxiety – while exploring themes of confusion, isolation, and the deep need for human connection through the story of two body-snatching alien lovers.” Starring Molly Plunk, Mike Lopez, Keith Kelly, Isabel Alamin, and Frank V. Ross, and featuring narration from Sparks’ lead singer Russell Mael. This looks like some lo-fi, low budget, kooky sci-fi weirdness, if anyone is into this kind of funky cinema. Enjoy.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Zach Clark’s sci-fi film The Becomers, direct from YouTube:
Forced to flee their dying planet, two body-snatching alien lovers (starring Isabel Alamin & Molly Plunk) arrive separately on Earth. Determined to find each other, the aliens jump from body to body, but quickly learn that it’s not easy to inhabit their new, fleshy hosts, and that life in modern-day America is more complicated than they could have ever imagined. The Becomers is written and directed by American indie filmmaker Zach Clark, director of the films Modern Love Is Automatic, Vacation!, White Reindeer, and Little Sister previously. Produced by Edwin Linker and Joe Swanberg. This initially premiered at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival last year. Dark Star Pictures will debut Clark’s The Becomers in select US theaters first on August 23rd, 2024, then on VOD starting September 24th this fall. Who’s curious about this?
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