Timestalker is one of the best British movies of the year, and you can now get a flavour of what awaits you.
Vertigo Releasing has unveiled the UK trailer for Alice Lowe’s historical sci-fi rom-com, which stars Lowe alongside Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard, Tanya Reynolds and Nick Frost.
Timestalker follows hapless heroine Agnes (Lowe) through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy (Barnard), dies a gruesome death and gets reincarnated a century later, only for it all to start over again.
Her only hope to avoid her endless violent fate is by finally realising she deserves better than this, but will she ever be able to stop being a fool for love?
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Timestalker is released in UK and Irish cinemas on October 11, and it currently boasts an impressive 93% on Rotten Tomatoes after its world premiere at SXSW back in March 2024.
The movie marks Alice Lowe’s second as writer-director, following celebrated 2016 slasher Prevenge which she filmed while pregnant. As you wait for Timestalker to arrive, you can watch Prevenge right now on Prime Video.
Talking to the BFI, Lowe explained that the movie started as a “sketch that had a f**ked-up Doctor Who thing”.
“What if there was a woman travelling through time and was obsessive about an ex? Just when you think you’ve got rid of someone, they pop up again, because they’re reincarnated,” she explained.
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“I’ve written a lot of films where I’m killing people. I think it’s about time I killed myself [on screen] – to make it fair. I wanted to write something that was more lighthearted. Actually, it is still a really dark film, because that’s just what comes out.
“I wanted something that was colourful, bright and fantastical. I thought if I get a budget to make something, I really want to enjoy it – make all my fantasies of filmmaking in one.”
Timestalker is released in UK and Irish cinemas on October 11.
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