Fundamentally a slasher, but the setup and narration was really quite interesting - to center the movie around the antagonist and introduce her in a way that invoked empathy, then slowly draining that from the viewers as the movie goes on. There is something menacing as the deaths get progressively more brutal; as Emma & friends turn from the bullies to the "normal" people and Sissy slowly reveals her madness. Integrating this narrative with the commentary on social media "influencers" was well done.
There were some implausibilities, such as Emma inviting the girl who stuck a shovel in another girls face to said girl's party, unbeknownst to her; or the somewhat silly ending - it is the sort of movie you have to be a little open-minded to the story and its characters and enjoy the ride. To be fair, many horrors are set up as such; despite that I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. There are some pacing issues, but otherwise I thought it was really good.
There were some implausibilities, such as Emma inviting the girl who stuck a shovel in another girls face to said girl's party, unbeknownst to her; or the somewhat silly ending - it is the sort of movie you have to be a little open-minded to the story and its characters and enjoy the ride. To be fair, many horrors are set up as such; despite that I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. There are some pacing issues, but otherwise I thought it was really good.
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