Last Night in Soho is a British 2021 drama psychological horror film directed by Edgar Wright with the producer by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nira Park and Edgar Wright. It is a based off this 70s film "Don't Look Now." It stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Rita Tusingham, and Terrence Stamp. That movie has been following to final film appears to Rigg & Margaret Nolan, who both passed away in September & October 2020 respectively.
Plot[]
Eloise Turner is a young woman who dreams of becoming a fashion designer. After her mother killed herself when Eloise was young, she was sent to be raised by her grandma. During her stay at her grandma's she experiences seeing the ghost of her mother.
In the present Eloise has gone away to school to finally become the fashion designer she wanted to be. She has trouble fitting in the dorms, and ends up moving to a flat owned by Miss Collins, an elderly woman. Once there she has a dream. In her dream she is transported back to the 1960s, where she observes a blonde woman named Sandie. Sandie goes to the Cafe de Paris, where she wants to be a singer. This leads to her having a relationship with her manager, named Jack. After all this Eloise wakes up with a brilliant dress design idea.
The next night Eloise has another dream, in which Sandie auditions at a Soho nightclub and gets the job. This dream inspires Eloise, causing her to dye her hair blonde and get a job at a local pub. She begins to work at this pub, only for a silver haired man to see her and believe her to be Sandie.
As Eloise continues to dream, she learns that Sandie is not enjoying her life, and is actually being pimped out by Jack quite often. Eloise also begins to experience men in her life who look like the people using Sandie, and gets increasingly more scared. This leads to her having a dream where Jack murders Sandie. Believing the silver-haired man who recognized her to be Jack, she goes to the police. They neglect to do anything, so Eloise takes matters into her own hands and goes to confront him. In doing so, he runs away just to be hit by a taxi and die. Eloise then learns he is not actually Jack, and is in fact someone who tried to help Sandie escape her life of prostitution.
When Eloise goes to tell Ms. Collins she must leave, she learns that Ms. Collins was Sandie the whole time. Eloise learns from her that Sandie was the one who killed Jack, not the other way around. Sandie also killed all the other men she pimped, luring them back to the house and then ending their lives.
In learning this, Eloise tries to flee but is stopped as her tea was drugged. Eloise tries to escape still, knocking over an ashtray and lighting the house on fire. John, one of Eloise's friends from school, tries to help but is stabbed by Ms. Collins. Eloise flees to the upstairs room as Ms. Collins follows her. Once in the room, Ms. Collins is attacked by Jack. Eloise tries to help, but is told to flee. She runs out of the house with John, as Ms. Collins is burned alive with the rest of the spirits.
In the end Eloise showcases her dresses at the fashion show, inspired by Sandie. She sees her mother's ghost one more time, before she goes back to live her life.
Cast[]
- Thomasin McKenzie as Eloise "Ellie" Turner
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Sandie
- Matt Smith as Jack
- Diana Rigg as Miss Collins
- Rita Tushingham as Peggy Turner
- Michael Ajao as John
Production[]
Development[]
In January 2019, Edgar Wright said he would next work on a London-set psychological horror film co-written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns.
Casting[]
Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith and Thomasin McKenzie joined the next month, followed by Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Rita Tushingham, Michael Ajao and Synnøve Karlsen in June. Rigg died shortly after production had concluded, making Last Night in Soho her last film role. It is also the last film appearance of Margaret Nolan, who died in October 2020.
Filming[]
Filming began on 23 May 2019 and wrapped 30 August 2019. The film is said to be inspired by other British horror films, such as Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now and Roman Polanski's Repulsion, with Wright mentioning the film's use of time travel. Wright posted several photos on his Instagram account showing that additional filming had commenced on 24 June 2020 and concluded on 5 August 2020.
Release[]
Last Night in Soho was released on October 29, 2021 with the United Kingdom theatrical release immediately. It was previously scheduled to be released on September 25, 2020, but previously it delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About that movie release in April 22, 2021. About this movie getting moved to October 22, 2021. But it also this pushes back next day. Meanwhile, Toronto International Film Festival has been confirmed that movie of September 2021.
Marketing[]
The teaser trailer was released on May 25, 2021.
