I mean, it’s not surprising in context. James Wan is, after all, a big ol’ Lovecraft nerd. I don’t think that AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM is going to be a horror flick – [expletive deleted] at DC was chaotic, but not that chaotic – but the trailer’s hitting a bunch of horror tropes. And, come, I will conceal nothing from you: I am surprisingly enheartened by this trailer. It fits, as they* say, my aesthetic.
*Which is to say, ‘my.’