Gareth Evans may be known for the Indonesian actioner franchise The Raid, but the Welsh director is taking on a new kind of film. Apostle is a religious-based horror period piece starring Dan Stevens, as a man who is sent to an island to infiltrate a secret cult so that he can rescue his sister who is being held for ransom. As the search is perilous, we come to find out that this cult is not this shining beacon of hope it claims to be. In fact, there is something far more sinister. Check out the full trailer here below.

Apostle will make its debut at Fantastic Fest later this week before making its premiere on Netflix later next month.

This isn’t the first time that Evans has directed something other than The Raid films. He was one of the directors behind the V/H/S 2 horror anthology. In fact, in his portion, titled Safe Haven, there was a cult. So he is familiar with some of the themes. But in Apostle, we get to see something on a much larger scale. And this thing looks scary.

Here’s the official plot synopsis:

Apostle also stars Lucy Boynton, Mark Lewis Jones, Bill Milner, Kristine Froseth, Paul Higgins and Michael Sheen. It debuts on Netflix on October 2, 2018.

Trailer

[Source: Netflix YT]