'John Dies At The End' Teaser Trailer: 'Phantasm' Director Returns With Delerious-Looking Old-School Horror/Fantasy

Don Coscarelli is back! The director of the Phantasm films and Bubba Ho-Tep may not be the most technically proficient filmmaker around, but he makes films that have an undeniable appeal. I can't imagine how anyone who likes strange films and genre stuff wouldn't love Coscarelli's movies — they create their own space outside the typical horror/fantasy sphere.

And now he's back with John Dies at the End. I've avoided a lot of material about this movie, and prior to watching this trailer knew only that the film features Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown and a story about a new drug and subjective reality.

After watching the teaser trailer I don't know much more than that, but I do know that I'm very excited to see the film, which appears to be characterized by a really bizarre story and some spectacularly gooey, very practical creature effects. Check out the footage below.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jason Pargin, aka David Wong of Cracked.com. I've been told good things about the book, but at this point I'm more excited about the film, which also stars Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes, with Glynn Turman and Doug Jones. (And Doug Jones, who has done so much work as a creature, finally acting with his own face!)

Here's the plot, and I'd advise not to look into the film much more than this — let it be a surprise.

It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.