'The Atticus Institute' Trailer Is Here to Freak You Out, '70s-Style (Exclusive)

Meriah Doty
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Fixed camera. Check. Unexplained, bizarre happenings. Check. Super scary effect. Triple check! Like its faux-documentary predecessors — including The Blair Witch Project and the Paranormal Activity series — The Atticus Institute is here to haunt you.

From the producer of The Conjuring and Annabelle, Institute revolves around 1970s-era experiments on people who appeared to have ESP, clairvoyance, telekinesis — you name it.

In the trailer above, exclusively on Yahoo Movies, we also discover the U.S. government commandeered the facility for its own devious purposes. Yes, these supernatural humans were groomed to be weaponized.

Staring Rya Khilstedt (Dexter) and William Mapother (Lost and The Grudge), The Atticus Institute is available on demand, DVD, and Blu-ray Jan. 20.