One of Sabrina Carpenter‘s biggest hits feels anything but short and sweet in the trailer for The Housemaid, a new horror movie starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.
Previewing how the two leading ladies — one of them a live-in nanny and the other a nervous wife/mother — go toe-to-toe while seemingly hiding sinister secrets, the trailer heavily features a super creepy twist on “Please Please Please.” Rather than the sparkly, ’70s pop production we’re used to hearing on the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper, Carpenter’s voice floats over anxiety-inducing strings and eerie ticking sounds that have been added to the track to give it an unsettling flair.
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“Whatever devil’s inside you, don’t let him out tonight,” the singer echoes over a shot of Seyfried’s character staring menacingly at Brandon Sklenar, who plays her husband, during a dinner party scene.
The music only ramps up in intensity as shots of Seyfried holding a bloody shard of glass, Sweeney appearing to bludgeon someone with an apple while wearing a schoolgirl uniform, and police showing up at the family’s home in the snow play in quick succession.
Based on the novel of the same name by Freida McFadden, The Housemaid will hit theaters Dec. 19. “From director Paul Feig, the film plunges audiences into a twisted world where perfection is an illusion, and nothing is as it seems,” reads a description. “Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave you guessing until the very end.”
Carpenter first dropped “Please Please Please” in June 2024 ahead of the release of her breakthrough album Short n’ Sweet. The track reached the top of the Hot 100 shortly afterward, marking the star’s first-ever No. 1 on the chart.
Listen to “Please Please Please (Creepy Version)” in the trailer for The Housemaid above.