No. No. Just… no. I watched this trailer and immediately wanted to crawl under a weighted blanket. It's that kind of cold. That kind of lonely. That kind of ugh.
Anyway—what was I saying? Right. “The Occupant.” Some new survival horror thing that looks like a hallucination but feels like an anxiety spiral I had in 2019. It stars Ella Balinska—remember her? From that one movie? Yeah, she's back, and this time she's face-down in snow after a helicopter crash in the Georgian taiga. Which—who even knew Georgia had a taiga? Not me. Not anyone I know.
And get this: she's talking to someone on the radio. Kinda. Maybe. His name's John. Or maybe it's not. Played by Rob Delaney, who is either comforting or creepy. Or both. I can't tell. I'm not sure Abby can either.
It's one of those trailers that feels like you're supposed to know more than you do. Like, is the rock evil? Why is she bleeding from her face and still crawling toward a signal tower like a half-dead Sims character? Is this a metaphor for burnout? Or dating? Or climate change? Probably all three.
August 8. That's the release date. VOD and some theaters, apparently. Which is wild because it just played at SXSW London 2025 (yes, London gets SXSW now, apparently—we just let that happen?). And now they're shipping it off to streaming like it's been waiting in the basement too long.
There's a scene where she yells “I just want to go hf fome”—yeah, she slurs “home.” It's in the trailer. And honestly? Same. Same, girl. That's the energy. That's 2025.
My cousin thought this was a series. I didn't even correct him. He's gonna think episode two drops next week. It won't. And that makes me kinda sad.
Maybe I'll watch it. Maybe I won't. I dunno. I miss when you had to wait for things. Waiting made it feel bigger. More earned. Not like this—suddenly dropped, immediately forgettable.
But hey—if you like icy panic attacks and whispering men who may or may not be real? This is your jam. Bring a space heater. And a therapist.
Or don't. Whatever.
