‘The Long Walk’ Causes Viewers’ Heart Rates to Reach Over 200 Beats Per Minute [Video]

The average human heart rate is 70-80 beats per minute, but The Long Walk pushed viewers’ heart rates over 200 beats per minute — the equivalent of a fighter pilot’s body under 9Gs of force.

How far could you go? Find out in the featurette below, where you can also see a new poster.

Based on the first novel Stephen King ever wrote, the film walks into theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) stars as Raymond Garraty, a teenager who takes part in an annual contest in which 50 participants must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.

Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) directs from a script by JT Mollner (Strange Darling).

David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), Jordan Gonzalez (“Pretty Little Liars: Origin Sin”), Joshua Odjick (Welcome to Derry), Josh Hamilton (“The Walking Dead”), Judy Greer (Halloween), and Mark Hamill (The Life of Chuck) also star.

Lawrence produces with Roy Lee (IT, Doctor Sleep), Steven Schneider (Insidious, Paranormal Activity), and Cameron MacConomy (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes).

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