Chloë Sevigny and FKA twigs Headline Boy Harsher’s Seductive New Thriller The Lonely Woman
Chloë Sevigny and FKA twigs ignite the screen in The Lonely Woman, an erotic thriller from musical duo Boy Harsher that promises a feverish plunge into desire and danger.
Boy Harsher fans, your favorite synth duo keeps sliding deeper into horror. Jae Matthews, who wrote My Animal and has been sneaking the band’s tracks onto genre soundtracks for years, just quietly hit post on a new feature she co-wrote and co-directed with bandmate Augustus Muller. It’s called The Lonely Woman, and it sounds like a moody, skin-prickling thriller with a seriously intriguing cast. Oh, and this is on top of her already-finished (but still untitled) feature debut produced by Joe Swanberg. She’s not easing into filmmaking; she’s sprinting.
The Lonely Woman: the next one is already in post
Per Deadline, Matthews is already deep into post on The Lonely Woman, which she and Muller wrote and directed together. The movie is set in rural New England and follows a woman who’s been haunted ever since her first love died in a mountain tunnel. When another person goes missing, she gets pulled into the mystery and comes face to face with something seductive and scary lurking under the town’s surface. Expect bleak, sensual, atmospheric vibes — basically, the exact lane you would want Boy Harsher to steer into.
The project is an immersive collaboration from Spacemaker and Base 12, with Good Bath also in the mix. It shot in Upstate New York and is aiming to premiere in 2026. Naturally, Boy Harsher is handling the score and bringing their synth pulse with them.
- Cast: Chloe Sevigny (American Psycho), FKA twigs (The Crow remake), Sturgill Simpson (The Hunt), Will Oldham (Wendy and Lucy), Jake Weary (Animal Kingdom), Spenser Granese (Stone Cold Fox)
- Companies: Spacemaker, Base 12; in association with Good Bath
- Producers: Alex Hughes (Spacemaker), Craig Butta (Base 12), Bruno Vernaschi-Berman (Good Bath)
- Executive producer: Riccardo Maddalosso (Spacemaker)
- Filming: Upstate New York; setting: rural New England
- Score: Boy Harsher
- Target release: 2026
And that Swanberg-produced debut? Still on deck
Before The Lonely Woman, Matthews wrapped her first feature as director — an untitled movie produced by Joe Swanberg. The premise is a razor: a young woman is desperate to avoid her ex at a remote house party, but something nasty spreading through the guests might solve that problem for her.
"A young woman will do anything to avoid her ex at a secluded house party. But a supernatural virus passing through the partygoers may take care of him for her."
No release details on that one yet, but it’s finished and waiting in the wings.
Why this pairing makes sense
If you’ve heard Boy Harsher’s tracks in Daniel Isn’t Real, Chucky, Terrifier 2, or Halloween Ends, you know the mood they live in: dark, sensual, and a little dangerous. Translating that to a full film they’re writing, directing, and scoring feels like the natural next step — and The Lonely Woman sounds like it leans hard into that DNA.
Between the New England ghost-story energy, Chloe Sevigny and FKA twigs headlining, and the band’s synth heartbeat underneath, this one just jumped way up my watchlist. Curious where you land: are you in for a Boy Harsher-built erotic thriller? Drop your thoughts.