If you thought Cujo was bad, Coyotes is what happens when Cujo brings friends—and they’re starving. Only this time, it’s not one deranged puppy, it’s a pack of pavement-stalking monsters who don’t bark. They swarm.
From Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden and director Colin Minihan (What Keeps You Alive), Coyotes is a no-holds-barred horror-comedy siege thriller set during a windstorm in the Hollywood Hills—where nature stops knocking and just kicks in the door.
The story follows the Stewart family—Scott, Liv, and their daughter Chloe—who find themselves completely cut off after the storm knocks out power, takes down their cell service, and crushes their escape plan along with their SUV. Their home becomes a high-ground death trap with no signal, no neighbors left to call for help, and a fast-approaching predator problem with way too many teeth.
These aren’t your “occasional trash can tipper” coyotes. According to Minihan, the film “had bite. It had chaos. And most importantly, it had fun.” And the chaos comes in the form of a scar-faced alpha coyote and his four-legged death cult who start picking off the neighbors like it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet… and the buffet forgot to lock the gate.
The cast includes Justin Long (Barbarian), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters), Brittany Allen (Dexter: Original Sin), Mila Harris (Mary) and Norbert Leo Butz (A Complete Unknown).
This film is what happens when nature bites back—and brings friends. This thing aims to make you laugh, then gut you. Then laugh again. It’s The Purge but with teeth and fur. It’s home invasion theater with the very real concept that you are no longer top of the food chain.
Coyotes will premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 20 and open in theaters nationwide on October 3.
Check out the trailer for Coyotes below, but make sure to lock your doors before you do—and just pray that they stay closed because evil is on the prowl tonight and your house might be its next stop.
