A Trip To The Trailer Park (16th May 2026)

TV & Film

May 18

Posters for Backrooms, Wildwood, Finding Emily, The Rivals of Amziah King, and Ashes — Image Source: CultureSlate

Hey there, dear reader! Welcome to this week’s episode of A Trip To The Trailer Park! Last week, we checked in some Deadites, a chef who can barely eat, trans women, energetic teenagers, and Anthony Bourdain. This week’s batch is the same as last week's, primarily focused on smaller movies. And that’s perfectly cool cause we here at CultureSlate have a mission to spotlight all kinds of movies! What movies will catch your eye this week? Let’s find out!

Wildwood (Dir. Travis Knight)

From Laika, the Oscar-nominated studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and Missing Link, and director Travis Knight, the filmmaker behind Kubo and the Two Strings, Bumblebee, and Masters of the Universe, comes a new adventure beyond imagination. Prue and her classmate Curtis, determined to save Prue’s infant brother, are drawn to a hidden magical forest to accomplish their mission. In the forest, they encounter a legion of crows led by a mysterious woman named Alexandra. Starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee (Andi Mack), Jacob Tremblay (Luca), Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows), Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Jake Johnson (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Amandla Stenberg (The Acolyte), Grammy winner Tom Waits (Licorice Pizza), Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), and Emmy nominee Maya Erksine (Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Wildwood arrives in theaters on October 23rd.

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Backrooms (Dir. Kane Parsons)

The YouTube phenomenon comes to the big screen! From director Kane Parsons and producers James Wan and Shawn Levy comes a new name in terror. Inspired by the well-known creepy-pasta, a therapist desperately tries to find a patient trapped in another dimension. Starring Academy Award nominees Chiwitel Ejifor (12 Years a Slave) and Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Backrooms arrives in theaters on May 29th.

Ashes (Dir. Diego Luna)

From director Diego Luna (Andor), a 21-year-old woman named Lucila moves to Spain with her brother to reunite with their mother, who settled there 8 years prior. Starring Anna Diaz and Adriana Paz (Emelia Pérez), Ashes will premiere on Netflix later this year.

The Rivals of Amziah King (Dir. Andrew Patterson)

From director Andrew Patterson (The Vast of Night) and producer David Heyman (Barbie, Marriage Story, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). After losing her mother, a young girl named Kateri leaves foster care. After reuniting with her former foster parent, Amziah, he trains her to take down anyone who stands in her way. Starring Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club), newcomer Angelina LookingGlass, Rob Morgan (Stranger Things), Tony Revalori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Cole Sprouse (Riverdale), and Kurt Russell (Big Trouble in Little China), The Rivals of Amziah King arrives in theaters on August 14th.

Finding Emily (Dir. Alicia MacDonald)

Owen Brompton falls in love with a girl named Emily, but accidentally gives his number to the wrong girl. Desperate to find her, he teams up with a girl also named Emily. Starring Angourie Rice (The Jon Watts Spider-Man Trilogy) and Spike Fearn (Alien: Romulus), Finding Emily finds its way into theaters on May 22nd in the UK and August 28th in the US.