Overview
- The feature, which opened Cannes’ Un Certain Regard on Wednesday, drew upbeat first-look reviews from outlets including Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap.
- Hannah Einbinder plays a queer filmmaker opposite Gillian Anderson as the original “final girl,” with the film using a movie-within-a-movie frame to revisit a fictional 1980s slasher series.
- Critics say the film reframes slasher conventions often tied to transphobic portrayals, turning them into a vivid study of gender, desire and horror fandom.
- Schoenbrun said every major studio and distributor passed on the project until Mubi and Plan B joined, with Madman Films handling distribution in some markets.
- Mubi has a U.S. theatrical release set for August 7, 2026, and cast interviews describe plentiful gore and physically taxing shoots, including sequences that left Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder rattled.