Ever since the trailer for Adam Wingard's new thriller Onslaught was released, there's been massive online fan speculation that it may be a secret sequel/spinoff of The Guest.
The film reunites Wingard (and writer Simon Barrett) with Dan Stevens, who played the antagonist in The Guest.
Rebecca Hall, who plays a villain in Onslaught, was pressed about it being a sequel. That convo went like this:
For years, I, and many other journalists, have pressed Wingard, Barrett and Stevens for a sequel to their 2014 cult hit, The Guest, but the brain trust have all put up a unified ambivalence to the idea of revisiting the world of their action-thriller. However, as soon as A24 released Onslaught’s official trailer, questions swirled as to whether it was a stealth sequel to The Guest. After all, both films center on a secret military experiment that turns soldiers into enhanced killing machines, and Onslaught also shot in New Mexico like The Guest did back in 2013.
Hall confirms that she plays Onslaught’s German villain, but she seemingly rules out a potential connection to The Guest. Or does she? “It’s not really [a Guest sequel], I don’t think. It has elements,” says Hall.
Make of that what you will. The trailer feels like The Guest meets Terminator 2.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter