The second trailer for A24’s Y2K opens with a remix of Bill Clinton’s voice layered over a 1990s montage featuring dial-up internet sounds and the chaos of a 1999 New Year’s Eve party spiraling out of control.
“Someone’s on the net,” says a frightened Rachel Zegler at the trailer’s start, released Wednesday.
The trailer keeps most of the plot under wraps but teases what’s to come in the film, which is the directorial debut of Saturday Night Live’s Kyle Mooney.
Set to hit theaters on Dec. 6, the movie follows two high school juniors who find themselves fighting to survive after they crash a New Year’s Eve bash on the final night of the 20th century.
As the party rages on, outdated turn-of-the-century technology seems to come to life, turning the evening deadly as a remote-controlled car with a mind of its own chases guests through the living room.
The soundtrack remix uses audio from Clinton’s 1999 comments on Y2K preparedness, where he sought to calm public fears about the digital clock resetting as the world entered the year 2000.
“Party like it’s 1999, or die like it’s Y2K,” the trailer’s title cards proclaim. An official poster, released alongside the trailer, features a blood-dripping power cord for a darkly comedic twist.
The film stars Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, The Kid Laroi, Fred Durst, Mason Gooding, and Alicia Silverstone, with Mooney himself also appearing.
Mooney co-wrote the script with Evan Winter, and the project’s producers include Winter, Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, Jonah Hill, Christopher Storer, and Cooper Wehde.
Critic Lovia Gyarkye noted the film’s SXSW premiere, describing it as “a film of assured performances — with an especially strong turn from Julian Dennison — and a handful of sharp twists in search of a better story.”
