Sophie Turner just dropped the official trailer for Trust—and it's a chaotic blend of Misery meets The Invitation with a dash of Hollywood melodrama. The Game of Thrones star plays a scandal-plagued actress hiding in a remote cabin, only to find herself trapped in a “brutal game of survival.” Paramount's marketing team wants you to ask: Is this all in her head, or are these masked intruders real? Either way, the internet is already screaming.
Why This Changes Everything (Or Nothing)
The trailer's biggest flex? Turner's raw, panicked performance—her first major lead since 2022's Survive. But here's the twist: Director Carlson Young (The Blazing World) frames the home invasion like a psychological puzzle. One minute, Turner's sobbing into a whiskey glass; the next, she's wielding a fireplace poker like a deranged final girl.
Yet—let's be real—the premise feels dangerously familiar. Cabin in the woods? Check. Mysterious tormentors? Check. A protagonist with a shady past? Big check. This isn't 2010's Trust (the grooming thriller) or 2018's Trust (the Getty family drama). It's I Know What You Did Last Hollywood Scandal, and we've seen this before.
The Hidden Story
Home invasion thrillers are Hollywood's comfort food—cheap to make, easy to market. From The Strangers (2008) to Hush (2016), the formula rarely changes: isolate a victim, add masked assailants, and stir in paranoia. But Trust might subvert expectations by blurring reality and delusion.
Anonymous insider tidbit: “The script originally had a supernatural twist, but test audiences called it ‘too Ari Aster.' So they reshot the third act.” (Take that with a grain of salt—or a whole salt shaker.)
Trust could be a sleeper hit—or another forgettable thriller lost in the algorithm. Either way, August 22nd just got a lot more interesting.
