Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch the violent Assassination Nation teaser with its own trigger warningsDrugs, violence, and toxic masculinityShareLink copied ✔️June 28, 2018June 28, 2018TextAnna Cafolla “This is the story about how my hometown, Salem, lost its motherfucking mind,” begins the chilling teaser trailer for Assassination Nation, the gory satirical crime drama that got Sundance critics raving about how fucked up it is. Assassination Nation follows a group of high school girls – Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, and Abra – navigating their wild town after an anonymous hacker starts spreading private info about the town’s citizens which sparks mass riots. Anika Noni Rose, Maude Apatow, IT’s Bill Skarsgard, and Bella Thorne also appear. Across the red, white, and blue trailer, we’re given some major visual trigger warnings, plastered across similar violent, disturbing scenes. “Bullying,” “blood,” “abuse,” “classism,” “death,” “drinking,” “drug use,” “sexual content,” “toxic masculinity,” “homophobia,” “transphobia,” “guns,” “nationalism,” “racism,” “kidnapping,” “murder,” “fragile male ego,” “sexism,” “frogs,” are just some. The film, written and directed by Sam Levinson, will crash land into cinemas September 21. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’Ben Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering Heights