A masked killer turns horror movie tropes into deadly games for a group of unsuspecting teenagers.
Suspenseful and darkly comic, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Hulu, Paramount+, Peacock, Kanopy (free) and YouTube (free).
Nothing past what an R promises: real scares and lots of jump scares.
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A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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