Horror director André Ovredal has hit the road with his newest genre film, Passenger, which Paramount Pictures will drive into theaters on May 22, 2026.
Passenger follows a couple on “van life” who witness a horrific accident; afterward, they’re pursued by a demonic force that won’t let them escape.
The studio began building hype with a theater-only trailer that played before Primate and Scream 7, both of which drew strong reactions from audiences. Now, we finally have an official trailer for the film online, and it’s got a whole lotta new footage.
The trailer begins with a cold open that recalls classic John Carpenter films like In the Mouth of Madness, then hits the gas and accelerates into a full-blown, road-set nightmare brimming with scares and religious motifs. This looks like yet another winner for Paramount Pictures, which is having one of the best years in horror in recent memory.
Here’s the official synopsis.
“After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won’t stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare.”
Passenger stars Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life, The Outpost, and Without Remorse), Lou Llobell, and Melissa Leo (The Fighter).
Ovredal became a horror name with his 2010 found footage Trollhunter and the classic The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016), and would go on to direct two criminally underrated horror films: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) and The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023).
