A new bride's wedding night becomes a relentless, darkly-comic game of hide-and-seek with her in-laws.
Suspenseful and campy, with dark satire. A late-night trip at full speed. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix and Tubi (free).
No surprises for an R: real scares and several jump scares.
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A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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