Everyone’s talking about the totally bonkers, completely NSFW trailer for the insane-looking new comedy The Happytime Murders. Why so much chatter? Well…have you seen it? Holy cow.
When the trailer hit the net a few days ago, headlines popped up like “The Happytime Murders Looks to Murder Your childhood.” Social media users were also agog, publishing comments like this:
Saw the trailer for the new Muppets movie with Melissa McCarthy, The Happytime Murders. DO NOT VIEW THIS TRAILER if you wish to keep your precious childhood memories.
— Tom Maszerowski (@tommasz) May 19, 2018
The creatures in this film, you see, look very much like Muppets. This is not surprising given the production company behind it is Henson Alternative, an offshoot of The Jim Henson Company.
To add to its very Muppets-esque lineage, The Happytime Murders was directed by Jim Henson’s son, Brian Henson. He has directed two Muppets movies: The Muppets Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island.
The film is based in a world where puppets co-exist with humans, but are regarded as second-class citizens. The story involves tracking down the serial killer who is targetting the cast members of a famous 80s TV show called The Happytime Gang.
In terms of what happens in the actual trailer…well, it starts with this ratty looking fella.
He offers Melissa McCarthy a proposition. It’s a sleazy proposition, and it doesn’t make any sense. The point seems to be that this poor dude is really wasted. Really really wasted.
These Muppets – we mean, er, puppets – get their heads blown off. Someone is walking around, mowing down these cute furry things. In case you haven’t realised, this film is dark.
These Mu—puppets are sex workers. They also proposition Melissa McCarthy.
These rambunctious creatures are enjoying themselves at a strip club.
Here’s Melissa McCarthy snorting ecstasy. Except this ecstasy looks very glittery. We assume the ecstasy in this Muppets-like society is different to human style ecstasy. Not that we know what real ecstasy looks like.
OK, we might stop there. The last 20 seconds of the trailer are completely wild and seriously, uncontrollably filthy. Very very NSFW.
Take a look for yourself. And don’t say you weren’t warned.
