Bodies, Bodies, Bodies

2022

Chappaqua, New York

Halina Reijn

Gen Z Slasher Suspense

What’s it all about: Instead of getting killed for being sexy, like they did in the classics, these kids die for more of a Willie-Wonka list of self-involved reasons. If you enjoy rich-kid frenemy probs, and think a 6-week relationship is worthy of being put to a life-and-death test, Pete Davidson says come on over. 

First Encounter: first viewing

Prostitute Index: nil

Death By: McMansion balcony railing

Relics: neutered smartphones

Hoops: a killer is loose and the power is out and the car won’t start and the storm has knocked out phone service; splitting up to get killed; having a podcast

Heartthrob: Rachel Sennott

Pass/Fails the Test of Time: the soundtrack

LoFi Magic: a deep 20s struggle over the phone instead of the gun

Words to live by: “Shut the fuck up, Alice!”

Makes me want to: give up on the genre

Candotti Take: “We Still Don’t Know What We Have Done in the Hamptons. - That’s the title of this movie.”

Worth a watch/rewatch: No

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