Official Trailer for ‘The A-Frame’ Quantum Physics Trippy Sci-Fi Film
by Alex Billington
July 18, 2025
Source: YouTube
“This is the A-Frame. This is your cure.” Dark Star Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for a sneaky little indie sci-fi film titled The A-Frame, a quantum physics thriller ready for release soon. This first premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival last year, then played at the Fantasia, Screamfest, Trieste Science+Fiction Festivals last year. A quantum physicist develops a machine that creates a tunnel to a subatomic universe. In his quest to prove the machine’s efficacy, he inadvertently discovers a radical treatment for cancer. A young pianist is diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, and with no where else to turn to save her hand, she hopes his groundbreaking experiment might help her. But with all experiments, things can, and sometimes, go horribly wrong… The film stars Johnny Whitworth as the inventor, Dana Namerode as the pianist, with Nik Dodani, Laketa Caston, Phillip Andre Botello, Larissa White, J. Barrett Cooper, and Stephen Jared. This looks like it gets real trippy and crazy. The A-Frame machine looks like the machine from Cronenberg’s The Fly, which seems to be what he’s going for because the cancer walks out of it. Freaky.
Here’s the official trailer (+ posters) for Calvin Lee Reeder’s sci-fi film The A-Frame, direct from YouTube:
Donna (Dana Namerode), a talented pianist, is crushed when she is diagnosed with a form of bone cancer that directly affects her ability to play the piano. Her life takes a major turn when the doctor recommends amputation as the only solution to stop the spread of the disease. This shifts her life from one filled with music, joy & friends, to a series of hospitals, group counseling, and… quantum physics. After exhausting all other options, Donna discovers one final chance to keep her hand. Enter Sam (Johnny Whitworth), a mysterious black-market scientist, who holds the key to solving all of Donna’s problems. However, when ambitions get high & egos go unchecked, Sam’s intentions come into question. The A-Frame is written and directed by American indie writer / filmmaker Calvin Lee Reeder, director of the films Jerkbeast, The Oregonian, The Rambler, and Harbor Island previously. Produced by Ran Namerode, Angelia Adzic, Cole Payne, Vincent Grashaw. This first premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival last year. Dark Star debuts Reeder’s The A-Frame in select US theaters on July 25th, 2025 + on VOD starting August 5th. Curious?