This movie had a message to send about the treatment of women and girls. On that message, I think that the horror devices delivered.
There are visual places that the film takes us that feel unexpected. And some of the relationships in the movie start to take the audience in the right direction in terms of being able to care more deeply for the characters.
This film definitely went for gore over psychological or jump scare horror. But even the gore was stylishly done- and for me- not too much.
You can see where the Director wants to take you with this girl power film, like The Barbie Movie meets Wendell and Wild or Ginger Snaps. But it feels like this film stops just short of helping the audience forge a deeper connection with the characters, almost as if we're waiting for the rest of the story to be realized in a "part II."
There are visual places that the film takes us that feel unexpected. And some of the relationships in the movie start to take the audience in the right direction in terms of being able to care more deeply for the characters.
This film definitely went for gore over psychological or jump scare horror. But even the gore was stylishly done- and for me- not too much.
You can see where the Director wants to take you with this girl power film, like The Barbie Movie meets Wendell and Wild or Ginger Snaps. But it feels like this film stops just short of helping the audience forge a deeper connection with the characters, almost as if we're waiting for the rest of the story to be realized in a "part II."