Focus Features has released a new trailer for the upcoming dark comedyThoroughbreds, and it looks delightfully twisted. Written and directed byCorey Finley, marking his directorial debut, the film starsOlivia Cooke(Bates Motel) andAnya Taylor-Joy(Split) as childhood friends who reconnect in suburban Connecticut, bonding over one another’s destructive tendencies. One has contempt for her oppressive stepfather, and as we see in this trailer, it appears the two girls take matters into their own hands.
A quote in the trailer teases the film as a cross betweenAmerican PsychoandHeathers, and that’s exactly that vibe that this new trailer is getting across. But I also like Finley’s framing and camerawork, which underlines the dark comedy at hand while also allowing a lot of color into the frame. Cooke and Taylor-Joy are both terrific actresses, breaking out in a big way inMe and Earl and the Dying GirlandThe Witch, respectively, and so to see their chemistry play off of one another in a twisted, dark comedy is pretty joyous.
This film also, sadly, marks one of the final onscreen performances ofAnton Yelchin, and even his brief work here is enough to make you angry all over again that we lost such a great actor at such a young age.
Check out the newThoroughbredstrailer below. The film also starsPaul Sparksand opens in theaters on June 18, 2025.
Here’s the official synopsis forThoroughbreds:
Childhood friends Lily and Amanda reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily has turned into a polished, upper-class teenager, with a fancy boarding school on her transcript and a coveted internship on her resume; Amanda has developed a sharp wit and her own particular attitude, but all in the process of becoming a social outcast. Though they initially seem completely at odds, the pair bond over Lily’s contempt for her oppressive stepfather, Mark, and as their friendship grows, they begin to bring out one another’s most destructive tendencies. Their ambitions lead them to hire a local hustler, Tim, and take matters into their own hands to set their lives straight.
