Saban Films has released the official trailer for The Designer, a body horror thriller set inside the world of multi-level marketing. It arrives on digital and on demand on December 4, 2026.
The story
Gerry Quinn longs for an identity of her own. Looking for somewhere to belong, she joins Kismetta, a massive multi-level marketing company run by partners Josephine and Darla. Gerry will do almost anything to succeed and fit in, and the deeper she goes into the organization, the further she slides into chaos, body horror and a reality of her own making.
Who's in it
Katherine Waddell leads as Gerry, with Gina Gershon as Kismetta's Josephine Massey and Michelle Hurd as her partner Darla Vanderberg. Ethan Slater plays Nico, and Jesse James Keitel is Rafaela Moore. Annie Golden plays Gerry's mother, Mrs. Quinn, alongside Gwendoline Yeo, Jessica Belkin, Ann Mahoney and Jonathan Spencer.
Behind the camera
Em Johnson wrote and directed the film, reuniting with Waddell after Johnson's debut feature Balloon Animal; Johnson also made Blush. Madeline Leach is the cinematographer, and Alexa L. Borden and Connor Cook wrote the music. Waddell also produces, alongside Warner Davis, Todd M. Friedman and Jiarui Guo, for Incandescent Entertainment, First Bloom Films and Hemlock Circle Productions. The film is going straight to home viewing in the US rather than playing festivals first.
Distributed by Saban Films.