'LFO' Trailer: A Man Manipulates Others With Sound

Hypnotism is a pretty classic concept in films, especially when it is used to change peoples' behavior, at times against their will. But the strange Swedish sci-fi thriller LFO takes it a step further — here, a man finds he can use sound to influence the people around him. And then he pushes the concept a little too far. The first LFO trailer (kinda) shows how.

This trailer is not new, but we haven't featured it in the past. With Dark Sky Films banner setting a fall 2014 theatrical release date, with Elijah Wood's company SpectreVision as exec producers and "presenters," there's good reason to promote it now. So if you missed the film when it did some festival appearances last year, this is a good time to get to know what it's all about.

Deadline has the news about the distribution deal and has this quote from Wood: "One of the reasons we started this company was to get behind great new genre films that deserve to be discovered by broader audiences. This is a subversive, funny and deeply unnerving low-techno thriller we're proud to present."

LFO is a Swedish dark comedy/drama/Sci-Fi about a man who realizes that he can hypnotise with sound. He starts experimenting on his neighbors, where the abuse of power takes over and, eventually, severe consequences for mankind are at stake.