Emma Stone stars as Michelle Fuller, the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company, who gets kidnapped by two conspiracy theorists (Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) who shave her head because they’re convinced she’s an alien intent on destroying Earth.

"Bugonia," one of this fall's strangest and most anticipated releases, is finally here. The film is a reunion between actress Emma Stone and her go-to director, Yorgos Lanthimos, following their previous partnerships on 2018's "The Favourite,

Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Aidan Delbis star in the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos.

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons tells PEOPLE they managed to find "some balance" while filming their intense new movie 'Bugonia' together, saying they acted "goofy" between takes and talked parenting.

Emma Stone has never shied away from a movie role transformation, but her latest one came with a motherly pep talk. Stone, 36, said she had a chat with her 4-year-old daughter, Louise Jean, so she didn’t shock her upon coming home with a completely shaven head while filming the comedy/sci-fi movie Bugonia,

Emma Stone shaved her head for Bugonia — would you? A recent publicity stunt offered free tickets to moviegoers willing to shave it all off in the lobby of a Culver City, Calif., theater.

Writer Demi Adejuyigbe was among the first to go to social media to reveal that what started as an all-bald screening quickly pivoted. “Friend’s boyfriend is at the all-bald screening of BUGONIA and apparently shaving heads took too long so they’re passing out bald caps. Imagine being the last one who had to shave,” Adejuyigbe posted.

Lanthimos' dark comedy about a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps a high-powered CEO comes with its fair share of twists and turns. Its ending in particular seems designed to shock, although Lanthimos and screenwriter Will Tracy do plant their fair share of hints at what's coming. Let's break it down.