After the cryptic, at times brilliant debut feature Donni Darko back in 2001, writer/director Richard Kelly befuddled audiences with his follow up satirical apocalypse flick Southland Tales.  Well, now than man is turning to PG-13 studio fare for his third effort, the Richard Matheson inspired tale entitled The Box.  Based on a short story by Matheson called "Button, Button", once integrated into a Twilight Zone plot back in 1986, the flick finds a quaint suburban couple caught in a moral quandry.  When a mysterious man (Langella) shows up on their doorstep, he claims by accepting "the box", two things will happen.  First, a person somewhere in the world, completely estranged from the couple, will die.  On the flip side, the couple will receive $1 million each and every time the button is pushed.  After a delayed release date, The Box is finally poised to open on October 30, 2009.  Have a gander at the trailer below!

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