Brandy Norwood encounters an evil mother-in-law in the latest trailer for A24’s The front roomThe footage shows a troubled Norwood fighting to protect her child from her evil mother-in-law, played by Kathryn Hunter.
“It all goes to hell for newly pregnant Belinda (Norwood) after her mother-in-law (Hunter) moves in,” says the official synopsis from A24. “When the evil guest tries to get his hands on the child, Belinda has to draw the line somewhere…”
Check out the trailer for The Front Room below (check out more trailers):
What awaits you in the Front Room?
“The Front Room” stars Norwood as Belinda, Hunter as Solange, Andrew Burnap as Norman and Neal Huff as Pastor Lewis.
After a seven-year hiatus from film acting, Norwood, who goes by her stage name Brandy, returned in 2023 to star in Netflix’s Best. Christmas. Ever! Earlier this year, Norwood appeared as Cinderella in Descendants: The Rise of Red. The Front Room is Norwood’s first horror film since 1998’s I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
The Front Room is written and directed by Max and Sam Eggers, their feature film debut. The duo are the younger brothers of Robert Eggers, the director of The Northman and Nosferatu. The film is an adaptation of Susan Hill’s 2016 short story of the same name.
Producers include Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, Bryan Sonderman, Julia Oh and David Hinojosa.
The Front Room will be released in theaters on September 6, 2024.
