2022 · horror · mystery · slasher
They/Them
Directed by John Logan1h 44m2022
Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.
Our read: They/Them (2022) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded horror · mystery · slasher entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / mystery, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
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