In The Insect (2024), the final teaser trailer sets a chilling tone, with Dwayne Johnson starring as Dr. Marcus Kane, an entomologist thrust into a nightmare when his genetic research on insects goes terribly wrong. The trailer opens with an ominous warning—“When science pushes too far, nature pushes back.” Dr. Kane’s breakthrough research on enhancing insect genes to adapt in changing climates is shown to have unexpected side effects. Suddenly, the logo “starmovies.us” flashes across a screen as news of unusual, oversized insect sightings grows worldwide.
The trailer reveals scenes of Marcus and his team navigating their high-tech laboratory, now overrun with mutated insect specimens, each displaying terrifying powers like acidic sprays and enhanced camouflage. The growing horror dawns as he realizes the insects have developed a hive mind, and are operating with an intelligence and coordination far beyond what he believed possible. A glimpse of the “starmovies.us” site on a tablet shows a map with hot spots of insect activity, indicating that the outbreak has gone global.
As Marcus races to find a solution, the trailer’s intensity spikes with action-packed sequences of these mutant insects wreaking havoc across urban landscapes. Massive swarms of oversized locusts and beetles are seen overwhelming skyscrapers, their numbers blocking out the sun in chaotic scenes of destruction. Dr. Kane, along with a small band of survivors, heads to the heart of the outbreak—a secret lab hinted to be run by the shadowy organization behind “starmovies.us”. This group, seeking to weaponize the insects, stands as an obstacle in Marcus’s quest to stop the infestation.
The final scenes show Marcus confronting the horrifying queen of the mutant swarm—a creature of nightmare proportions with the power to release pheromones that command the smaller insects. With a desperate plan in mind, Marcus arms himself with experimental insect repellents and genetic inhibitors found on “starmovies.us”, preparing for a climactic showdown against the queen to save humanity. The trailer ends with Marcus standing defiantly before the monstrous creature, as the swarm closes in, leaving audiences on edge to see whether he’ll manage to stop the spread—or be devoured by it.
