Overview
- The film opened in select U.S. theaters on Friday, August 7, with a planned wider expansion on August 14.
- Writer‑director Jane Schoenbrun frames the story around a young queer filmmaker and a reclusive original 'final girl' to explore sexual pleasure, identity and consent.
- Critics have praised the movie’s tone and performances, calling Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson compelling in a film that blends arthouse ideas with trash‑cinema excess.
- The production executed a demanding continuous one‑take massacre using a 60‑pound camera rig on performer Jack Haven, a sequence Schoenbrun and crew say required extensive choreography and long hours to stage.
- A vividly discussed scene involving KFC and dipping sauces underlines the film’s focus on erotic detail, and early aggregator scores and festival awards have positioned the movie between midnight‑movie cult appeal and arthouse audiences.