The feature debut of director Kourtney Roy, horror movie Kryptic premiered at SXSW last year, and Well Go USA is bringing the film home to Digital outlets beginning May 29, 2025.
Exclusively watch the official trailer for Kryptic below.
In the upcoming movie…
“Kay is in trouble. A strange encounter in the woods has left her with no memory. Only one thing is certain: she is the spitting image of missing monster hunter, Barb Valentine.
“When an intruder breaks into her house, she runs, with no idea where she’s going; but she knows her only chance to reconnect is to shed more light onto Barb’s mysterious disappearance. Random encounters seem to point her in the right direction, but what was hoped to be a journey of self-discovery gradually becomes a hunt for the monster itself.”
Chloe Pirrie, Jeff Gladstone, Jason Deline, Ali Rusu-Tahir, Kamantha Naidoo, Jenna Hill, Pam Kearns, Jane Stanton, Sara J. Southey, Jennifer Copping, Moses Wamukoya, Sarah Hayward, Patti Allan, Christina Lewall, and Ardy Ramezani star.
Paul Bromley wrote the screenplay for Kryptic.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review last year, “Kryptic earns its title and then some, unfurling an esoteric psycho-thriller that uses its forest dwelling creature as an atypical monster metaphor.” Meagan’s review continues, “From a horror standpoint, Roy fearlessly gets gross with her cryptid lore. The creature itself retains an appropriate elusive quality, seen in glimpses and icky but scant extreme close-ups. Kryptic is less interested in the creature itself and more about how it’s permanently altered Kay, inside and out. Roy employs gag-worthy nightmarish visions that plague Kay, complete with slimy bodily fluids, ooze, and slithering flesh.”
“Kryptic aims to challenge its audience through ambiguous storytelling and goopy body horror moments that might test your gag reflex,” Meagan also notes in her 3-skull review of Kryptic.
