‘Glee’ Star Leads a Chilling Group Therapy Session in Sneak Peek at New Horror Thriller
Dot-Marie Jones leads Breeder, a horror thriller about a broke student drawn to a remote ranch by the promise of research funding, where an eccentric poodle breeder has a far more disturbing project. A preview of the film shows Jones’s character using a group therapy session to manipulate the young women she calls her adopted daughters, hinting at how her apparent kindness serves her scheme.
The film is the second feature by Alex Goyette, who began on YouTube, and also stars Daniel Doheny and Lillian Doucet-Roche. Jones, known for playing Coach Beiste on Glee, has been praised by critics for shifting between warmth and menace; the article reports a 92% Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score after the film’s Tribeca premiere. Breeder opens in cinemas on 28 October and is due to stream on Shudder after a limited release.
In short
- Dot-Marie Jones plays a chilling breeder in the horror thriller Breeder.
- A preview shows her manipulating young women through group therapy.
- The film opens on 28 October, then comes to Shudder.
Explained simply
Dot-Marie Jones is an actor best known for playing Coach Beiste on the television series Glee. In Breeder, she plays an eccentric poodle breeder who invites young women to live at her remote ranch.
The story follows a student who is short of money and goes to the ranch hoping to receive research funding. There, she finds that the breeder’s interest in her and the other young women is tied to a disturbing project.
Breeder is the second feature film directed by Alex Goyette, who began his career on YouTube. It also stars Daniel Doheny and Lillian Doucet-Roche, and is set for a cinema release followed by streaming on Shudder.
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