From left to proper, Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Chase Sui Wonders and Rachel Sennott star in “Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies.” Picture courtesy of A24
LOS ANGELES, Aug 1 (UPI) — The brand new horror movie, Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies, in theaters Friday from A24, updates the slasher film for millennials. The place Scream had characters who knew horror films, Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies finds humor and frights in a era’s mutual mistrust.
Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) brings her new girlfriend, Bee (Maria Bakalova), to a home occasion on the night time of a hurricane. Issues are awkward with the opposite visitors David (Pete Davidson), Alice (Rachel Sennott), Emma (Chase Sui Wonders), Jordan (Myha’la Herrold) and Greg (Lee Tempo) earlier than anybody dies.
Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies is a homicide thriller recreation they play to cross the time. It establishes the group conflicts, jealousies and resentments between the characters whereas offering some enjoyable misdirects, too.
When one occasion visitor turns up lifeless for actual, the group sows suspicion among the many members. They proceed to specific mistrust about their relationships whereas extra our bodies fall and the killer stays at massive.
Misunderstandings concerning the group chat coordinating the occasion, and misinterpretations of strangers’ nicknames, are each humorous and converse to how on-line communication can go away many issues open to interpretation. It additionally reveals how fragile trendy friendships will be.
All of the characters are drunk and excessive, and they’re traumatized by witnessing demise all through the night time. They’re all appearing out in obnoxious methods, however the intelligent script and charismatic performances make the viewer wish to keep to learn the way this battle performs out.
The strain continues to ramp up as a result of all the characters are so risky. The drama might go wherever past discovering the killer.
Director Halina Reijn and cinematographer Jasper Wolf handle to movie Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies nicely in a darkish home and tight areas. The varied gentle sources additionally render every character distinctive and identifiable.
Alice wears glow rings, Jordan sports activities a helmet gentle and Sophie has blonde braids that stand out at the hours of darkness. The characters additionally turn out to be progressively bloodier because the night time continues.
Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies is not the primary horror film of this era, and in reality Scream simply had a sequel that addressed on-line fan tradition. This film is a singular meld of A24’s model of mysterious horror and bloody good slasher enjoyable.
Fred Topel, who attended movie college at Ithaca Faculty, is a UPI leisure author primarily based in Los Angeles. He has been an expert movie critic since 1999, a Rotten Tomatoes critic since 2001 and a member of the Tv Critics Affiliation since 2012. Learn extra of his work in Leisure.
