Split — Trailer

added: Wed, Jul 27th '16

Here's the very first trailer for "Split," the latest suspense thriller from writer-director-producer M. Night Shyamalan, starring "X-Men" actor James McAvoy as a kidnapping psychopath who suffers from a severe case of split personality. Actually, he has 23 personalities in total -- each more frightening than the next.

Anya Taylor-Joy, from the hit horror film "The Witch," also stars as one of McAvoy's victims. She and her friends (played by Haley Lu Richardson and Jessica Sula) have all been abducted and taken to an underground dungeon. They try to figure out a way to escape. Hopefully, before they run into McAvoy's latest manifestation, which is his most terrifying personality yet -- it's somebody (or something) he has named "The Beast."

"Split" is scheduled to hit theaters January 20.

synopsis:
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns to the captivating grip of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs with Split, an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man's fractured, gifted mind. Following last year's breakout hit The Visit, Shyamalan reunites with producer Jason Blum (The Purge and Insidious series, The Gift) for the film.

While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.

Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him -- as well as everyone around him -- as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

directed by M. Night Shyamalan

starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula, Betty Buckley

release date January 20, 2016

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