First trailer for video game horror ‘The Call Up’

Starring Parker Sawyers (Southside With You), Max Deacon (Into the Storm), and Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) The Call Up comes from the producers of sci-fi thriller The Machine and is the debut feature from writer/director Charles Barker. The Call Up hits UK cinemas on May 20th before coming to DVD/Digital on May 23rd, courtesy of Altitude.

When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister.