James Gunn Takes The Super Hero Genre In A Whole New Direction – A Trailer Debuts For ‘BrightBurn’

James Gunn knows horror – no question there – he also has had a rather celebrated foray into the super hero genre so who better to marry the two then the man himself.  

He manages to do just that in BrightBurn, a film hitting this coming Memorial day – he produces with David Yarovesky directing from a story written by Mark Gunn & Brian Gunn. The parallels to the Superman story are rather obvious but most certainly take a turn to the dark-side.

Here’s the official synopsis:

“What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? With Brightburn, the visionary filmmaker of Guardians of the Galaxy and Slither presents a startling, subversive take on a radical new genre: superhero horror.”

Check it out!


Dave Dreher
Co-Founder / Lead News Reporter at Gruesome Magazine
Dave is co-founder and lead news reporter for Gruesome. Dave has built his resume working for Diabolique Magazine, The Horror Channel, Horrornews.net, House of Horrors and Creature Corner. He has worked with Tom Savini on his official site since 1997 and is also co-host of the popular podcast Horror News Radio.