Paranoid cat-and-mouse thriller Lurker, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, hits North American theaters on August 22 via MUBI.
The debut feature from writer/director Alex Russell (The Bear, Beef), Lurker stars Théodore Pellerin (Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Franklin, Beau is Afraid) and Archie Madekwe (Saltburn, Midsommar).
An official logline reads:
When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
Sunny Suljic (Mid90s), Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms, Hal & Harper), Zack Fox (Abbott Elementary, Pause with Sam Jay), and Daniel Zolghadri (Y2K, Eighth Grade) also star.
The twisty thriller is also screening in New York City this weekend as the Closing Night selection of New Directors/New Films.
Lurker was produced by Alex Orlovsky (His Three Daughters, Memory, Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Duncan Montgomery (His Three Daughters, Memory), Galen Core (Pet Shop Days, The Sweet East), Charlie McDowell (The One I Love, The Summer Book), Jack Selby (His Three Daughters), Marc Marrie (His Three Daughters), Francesco Melzi d’Eril (Bones and All, Suspiria), Olmo Schnabel (Pet Shop Days), and Archie Madekwe. Production companies include High Frequency Entertainment, MeMo, Arts & Sciences, TWIN Pictures and Case Study Films.
Check out a new still from Lurker below.
