Repo! The Genetic Opera Movie Trailer

A new movie trailer for Darren Lynn Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera has gone online as the Fantasia Film Festival begins next week. I hate to rehash the quotes used in the trailer, but the movie looks both stunning and original, and might very well become an instant cult classic. It looks like Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Blade Runner meets Saw. I also love the fusion of comic book styling used in the backstory and actor credits. And did I mention the music? Tell me what you think in the comments below!

Set in the 2056, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, tells the story of an epidemic of organ failures that devastates the planet, killing tens of millions. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants… for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by villainous Repo Men. In a world where surgery addicts are hooked on painkilling drugs and murder is sanctioned by law, a sheltered young girl searches for the cure to her own rare disease as well as information about her family’s mysterious history. After being sucked into the haunting world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, as all of her questions will be answered at the wildly anticipated spectacular event: The Genetic Opera.

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II, SAW III, SAW IV) and produced by Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate, this futuristic horror rock opera stars Paul Sorvino (GOODFELLAS), Alexa Vega (SPY KIDS), Paris Hilton (HOUSE OF WAX), Anthony Head (TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Bill Moseley (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Ogre (from the band Skinny Puppy) and world-renowned opera singer Sarah Brightman (Broadway’s “Phantom of the Opera”).

source: sympatico

  • Christopher Edwards
    Repo Man looks like Iron Man with the helmet on.

    One of the blokes looked like The Joker at one point.


    Looks insane and brillant cant wait for it to come out!!!!

    The singing and music is good but i think they was going for the singers with acting as well.
  • john
    you can't make a cult movie it must earn that title. BTW it looks like richard kelly trash.
  • GregoryV
    when i think of rock opera, i instantly though about banana & bodice 'Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage' i saw in berkeley last month.
  • Captain Awesome
    Why is the Pyro from Team Fortress 2 on that image?

    :)
  • opportunemoment
    That is positively the weirdest cast list I've ever seen. I can't decide whether I want to whack the casting director over the head with a crowbar or have their unholy mutant babies.
  • Kaboodle Monster
    It looks really good, I'm loving the premise and style anyway. It seems strange Paris Hilton is in this though. I don't want to have a go at her just for the sake of it but surely she's proved by now she can neither sing nor act...
  • the_thin_man
    refreshing!
  • Liz
    I'm in, in only for Tony Head. That man can sing, but his CD is atrocious. I can't listen to the mp3 rip of his thirty-second version of "Freebird" from that one Buffy episode anymore!
  • andy
    looks like a fucked up musical that belongs on broadway, not the big screen.
  • gocitizen
    Andy has it pegged.

    Priscilla, Queen of the Damned.
  • krackajap
    FUCK YES!!! I've been waiting for this movie for so long. It's about damn time they released a proper trailer even though I liked the teaser more than this.
  • Mark
    Sarah Brightman is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • M&Co
    Goth set design, Russian Constructivist titles, comic book vignettes and Paris fucking Hilton. I really don't know what to think, so I'll reserve judgement till I see it :)
  • StamasterArson
    KMFDM fans are stoked.
  • MR HYDE
    This seems to have borrowed large elements from the game bioshock.
    Did anyone else get that impression?
  • Would You Kindly?
    Looks like someone took a page out of BioShoock, and added in a bit more of originality.
  • Meli
    I'm in!!!! This looks wild even if Paris Hilton is in it she might not
    have a big part and with the craziness of the movie it may not
    matter. I adore Anthony Head he's one talented man, so it's nice to finally see him on a project that will view in the states.
    Man, that trailer is a trip. I giggled a little but was fascinated at the same time.
  • Tristan
    i believe that i saw a different trailer for this at the SpikeTV video game awards (i was bored), it looked like shit.
    But this trailer is pretty awesome, lookin' forward to it.
  • AJ
    Paris Hilton can sing, she is by far not the best but she is far from being a bad singer.
  • Brian
    i saw another trailer for this where theres a diffrent song
    it sounded so bad
    it was at the opera tonight or something it sucked
    i was looking forward for this till i heard that song it hurt my ears
  • can't wait to see this.wheeeeeeee!

    ---dear site creator...hello fellow media temple host user
  • icymike
    AWESOME! Finally something beyond the craptacular remakes and reboots of late. What an intriguing mash up of a cast and the premise is chilling. Cant wait for this to get into theaters!
  • Quenfis
    @ AJ exactly how far is Paris from being a bad singer? Few inches, maybe 9", or a foot? Cause, my ears bled a little when I heard the song that she sings "boy fi-ight over me" or whatever. Sorry, but she is terrible.

    This movie on the other hand has me torn for sure. Visually, interesting yet casting is all over the place. Obviously Alexa is all growns up. I got a City of Lost Children vibe from some of the visuals. I would rent it for sure. It's a bit different, that much is for sure.
  • tainted_crimson
    I'm really not liking this trailer, at least not the first half. Once Tony Head starts singing, it picks up, but the first preview was much much better than this. They really need to showcase the talent they have in this--Tony Head and Sarah Brightman are enough to earn my ticket.
  • duca
    I had to watch the trailer twice for some reason o_O I think it's got amazing potential, although with the mix bag cast and the musical aspect it could go either way at this point. It's hard to tell from the trailer alone. I do however have a goth friend who will just got insanely nuts for it.

    Anthony Stewart Head makes it at the least a renter, although it is something I would more likely buy just for it's weird factor.
  • jfive
    Maybe Paris Hilton will get a nasty death in this movie we can only hope :p
  • THIS IS AN AWESOME PREMISE/ IDEA! ITS A SHAME WE DONT HAVE MORE IDEAS LIKE THESE. ALL WE HAVE IS SETH ROGEN AND JUD APATOWNNIE CRAP. UGH, LETS TREASURE THIS PEOPLE...


    "THE JOKER IS COMING. AND HE WILL BRING THE PAIN."
  • Mike
    Got a "Bioshock" vibe from this, very cool.
  • krackajap
    I also like how, opposed to other musicals that were adapted into movies *cough cough*Sweeny Todd, the make no effort to hide that fact that it's a musical.
  • Nani
    Ok now I don't want to see this. Paris Hilton? How much did she pay to be in this movie.
  • krackajap
    The funny thing is Paris doesn't even need to be able to act to pull off this role.
  • waltponce
    This looks like shit.
  • Moons
    Could be cool, I'll support just about anything that Ogre does. I guess we'll see.
  • Looks great. It's been awhile since I couldn't wait for a movie to come out... So I can't wait for REPO! The Genetic Opera...
  • Subere23
    One of my favorite singers/performers for most of my life in a real role in a movie.. I will see this for sure .. likely many times.
  • Subere23
    ogre .. that is
  • twinkrn
    Nivek Ogre + Sarah Brightman in a cyberpunk musical, fuck dude I NEED TO WATCH THIS ONE REALLY BAD
  • icymike
    check out the site

    www.repo-opera.com
  • Rachael
    looks brilliant i want to see it
    right now
    and that's saying something as i dislike Paris Hilton greatly
    Anthony Head-Stuart has the best male voice ever
    Miss Vega has definately imporved since Spy Kids
    bring on the opera
  • dude, i must have seen this film almost 150+ times now...
    i am a true follower... i cannot wait to hear the news of the prequel and sequel when they will start!. lets help them reach there budget! so we get more zydrate!

    on the last friday of every month at the sunet 5 theater in hollywood they have a live shadow cast called ADDICTED TO THE KNIFE (ATTaK)

    they put on an amazing performance! i urge all REPO fans to go TESTIFY! its amazing!
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