Ash

Ash has the kind of compelling hook irresistible to genre fans: a woman (Eiza González) awakens on a strange planet with no memory of who she is or how she got there, surrounded by the brutally murdered members of her supposed crew. When a man (Aaron Paul) arrives to rescue her, the lone astronaut must decide if she can trust his story as the mystery of their surroundings unfolds. Director Flying Lotus (aka Steven D. Bingley-Ellison), best known to horror fans for his short “Ozzy’s Dungeon” in the horror anthology film V/H/S/99, is a veteran of the film festival scene. His first feature, Kuso, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where the director received the highest praise a horror creator can get when audience members reportedly walked out of the theater. Now, he’s headed to SXSW with Ash to terrorize a whole new cinema full of eager fans before the film eventually lands on Shudder later this year.

In theaters now and streaming Friday, May 9 on Shudder