If sci-fi and horror movies have taught us anything, it’s when people start to screw around with mother nature and genetically engineer things, life for those involved takes a sinister turn and terrible things start to happen.

In this upcoming eerie sci-fi thriller titled Little Joe, a plant breeder genetically engineers a plant creating a crimson flower that is supposed to enhance people’s moods and make them feel good. But, as you might expect, things take an unsettling turn when the plant goes bad as people begin to be infected by the plant and they start acting strangely.

The movie was directed by Jessica Hausner and stars Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox and Kit Connor. Here is the synopsis for Little Joe:

Little Joe follows Alice (Emily Beecham), a single mother and dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a special crimson flower,...