Two new clips from Jennifer Lynch’s Chained will disturb you

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Though it has some stiff competition, Jennifer Lynch’s CHAINED could turn out to be the indie horror flick of the year. Certainly its serial killer plotline and stellar cast puts it a cut above most others in terms of substance. This is a film that isn’t out to spook you or scare you– it’s out to scar you.

Case in point– the two new clips featured below, which feature some of Vincent D’Onofrio’s most unsettling work in some time. Introductions aren’t really going to be a necessity here, but bracing yourself will be. CHAINED stars D’Onofrio, Evan Bird, Eamon Farren, Julia Ormond, and Gina Phillips. Pre-order it on DVD and Blu-ray before its October 2nd drop date. Check out the clips, Blu-ray art and synopsis below.

Coming home from a routine trip to the movies, eight-year-old Tim (Bird) and his mother, Sarah (Ormond) are picked up by a psychopathic cab driver named Bob (D’Onofrio). It ends up being their last ride together. Bob murders the young boy’s mother and keeps Tim as his unwilling protégée, making him clean up the mess following each murder he commits. After a couple of aborted escape attempts, Bob chains Tim – now renamed Rabbit — allowing just enough length to move freely within the house. As the years pass, Bob starts instructing Rabbit, teaching him anatomy and human behavior. Now a teenager, Rabbit (Eamon Farren) is slowly being pressed by Bob to start his own homicidal spree. Slowly but surely, he must soon choose whether to follow in Bob’s serial killer footsteps or make one final, desperate attempt to break free…