Filmmaker Adam Wingard, best known for directing the two most recent Godzilla movies alongside indie horror hits such as You're Next and The Guest, has released a new sci-fi horror thriller called Onslaught. The $25 million A24 production follows a single mother, played by Adria Arjona, who must defend herself and her trailer park from a trio of zombified super-soldiers unleashed by a Nazi scientist, and draws heavily on 1970s grindhouse cinema for its tone and style. In an interview with Polygon, Wingard explained how the film blends gritty B-movie sensibilities with a polished modern finish, and discussed the varied influences he brought to the project.

Wingard cited Quentin Tarantino, particularly Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, as a major inspiration, both for the film's vivid Kill Bill-style blood effects and its distinctive needle-drop soundtrack approach. A standout musical choice sees the film's Nazi scientist character, played by Dan Stevens, listen to German-language covers of popular songs, a touch Wingard believes is unique to Onslaught this year. The score itself, composed by longtime collaborator Matthew Pusti of the band Makeup and Vanity, fuses John Carpenter-inspired melodies with techno and guitar elements; Pusti had previously worked with Wingard on Death Note and on unused previsualisation music for Godzilla vs. Kong.