They Will Kill You Trailer Turns a NYC High-Rise into a Satanic Slaughterhouse
If you have ever stayed in a questionable hotel and thought this place feels evil, They Will Kill You would like to reassure you that yes, sometimes that instinct is absolutely correct.
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema have released the red band trailer and a batch of gloriously unhinged posters for They Will Kill You, and they confirm this is not a film about stained carpets or aggressive minibar pricing. This is about Satan, human sacrifice, and a maid who very much did not sign up for any of this.
A Hotel Built on Human Sacrifice
The trailer wastes no time establishing the rules of The Virgil, a towering New York City high-rise that doubles as a fully operational temple to Satan. Each month, the cult that runs the building must offer up a human sacrifice to maintain whatever infernal arrangement they have going.
This month’s unlucky offering is Zazie Beetz, playing a newly hired housekeeper whose first shift escalates rapidly from awkward introductions to extreme violence, cult chanting, and more blood than any HR department would ever approve.
Once Beetz realises exactly where she’s working, the film pivots hard into survival mode. The Virgil becomes a vertical death trap, and the job description quickly changes from cleaning rooms to fighting for your life.
A Red Band Trailer That Earns It
The red band trailer earns its rating with enthusiasm. Limbs fly, blades swing, and Beetz spends much of the runtime either running for her life or aggressively refusing to die.
One standout exchange has a cult member asking where she learned to fight like that, only for her to reply, “Prison.” It’s the kind of line that tells you exactly what kind of film this is aiming to be: violent, ridiculous, and fully aware that it’s having a good time.
This isn’t slow-burn occult horror. It’s a splatter-soaked survival ride.
Grindhouse Posters and Cult Chaos
The newly released posters lean hard into grindhouse excess. The Virgil looms like a cursed monument, windows glowing ominously while bodies pile up below. Beetz is front and centre, armed, furious, and clearly done with everyone in the building.
The marketing smartly positions the film closer to Ready or Not than Rosemary’s Baby, which makes its shared March 27 release date with Ready or Not 2: Here I Come either very clever or deeply chaotic.
Zazie Beetz Leads a Stacked Cast
Zazie Beetz has been quietly building an impressive genre résumé, and this looks like the project that lets her fully cut loose. The trailer presents her character as resourceful rather than reactive, adapting quickly once she realises mop buckets are the least of her problems.
She’s joined by a strong supporting cast including Myha’La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette, all of whom appear to be enjoying the chance to play varying degrees of sinister, untrustworthy, or outright unhinged.
Behind the Camera: Kirill Sokolov and Andy Muschietti
Directing is Kirill Sokolov, who previously announced himself as a filmmaker to watch with the brutally funny and violently inventive Why Don’t You Just Die! His taste for pitch-black humour and gleeful cruelty feels perfectly matched to this material.
Sokolov co-wrote the script with Alex Litvak (Predators), while production duties fall to Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Dan Kagan. Andy Muschietti’s involvement alone signals this isn’t a disposable midnight movie, but a slick studio horror designed to play loud and leave a mess.
Release Details
They Will Kill You is rated R for strong bloody violence, gore, language, and brief sexual content and nudity. It opens in cinemas on March 27, positioning itself as one of early 2026’s most aggressively entertaining horror releases.
With its red band trailer and posters now out in the wild, They Will Kill You looks like a film that understands the joy of excess. It isn’t interested in subtlety, restraint, or moral lessons. It’s interested in what happens when you accidentally take a job at a satanic hotel and decide to fight back instead of becoming a ritual footnote.
If nothing else, it should make you think twice the next time a job listing promises flexible hours and a friendly working environment.
