The Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival is where attendees get freaky, and “Assassination Nation” is aiming to get Park City talking. The latest from Sam Levinson (“Another Happy Day”), not only boasts a wild premise, but some terrific help on the soundtrack front.
Starring Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, Abra, Bill Skårsgard, and Bella Thorne, the film brings viewers to the small town of Salem who have to deal with the fallout when their private, digital lives, become public. All hell breaks loose, and helping to shape the dizzying atmosphere is former Passion Pit member Ian Hultquist, who provides a terrifically moody score as you can hear on the exclusive cut below, “Take Salem Back.” Here’s the official synopsis:
High school senior Lily and her crew of besties live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies, and chats—just like the rest of us. So when a provocateur starts posting details from the private digital lives of everyone in their small town of Salem, the result is a Category 5 shitstorm. We’re talking browser histories, direct messages, illegal downloads, secret text chains, and way, way, way worse. People get angry. Like, “rampaging murder posse” angry. And Lily finds herself right in the middle.
“Assassination Nation” makes its World Premiere at midnight on Sunday, January 21st.