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When a group of LGBTQ+ campers arrives at Whistler Camp - a conversion camp run by Owen Whistler (Kevin Bacon) - they are promised a “new sense of freedom” by the end of the week. But as the counselors attempt to psychologically break down each of the campers, a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, and they must reclaim their power if they’re going to survive the horrors of the camp. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee John Logan and produced by Jason Blum, They/Them is an empowering slasher film starring an ensemble cast that includes Carrie Preston, Anna Chlumsky, Theo Germaine, Quei Tann, Anna Lore, Monique Kim, Darwin del Fabro, Cooper Koch, and Austin Crute.

 

[killatopak]

Empowering slasher film?

Am I supposed to root for the killer?

 

[mansoor1980]

eagerly awaiting this , kevin bacon is great in everything

 

[Mistake]

Empowering slasher film?

Am I supposed to root for the killer?

I can already see blue check mark cries over the gif images

 

[jason10mm]

This is gonna be a reverse sleep away camp, isn't it?

The killer is hunting for what it THINKS is a girl but suuuurpise, they're a booooooy now!

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Plot spoiler

Spoiler

The villain is the cook. He's straight

 

[nush]

I can already see blue check mark cries over the gif images

Streisand effect will make this film a hit.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I hope they all die

 

[Dark Star]

Kill ‘em all

 

[nush]

I hope they all die

59% of them have at least a chance of survival.

 

[Mistake]

Plot twist. The killer thinks there’s more, but actually only one is left

 

[ShadowNate]

I hope they all die

Going to be a very boring slasher with just one person dead.

 

[I Master l]

I feel a lot of people will get banned here

 

[Kraz]

Fantastic. Spellbinding, even.

 

[Crayon]

The power differential between the killer and the victims is worrying. Put production on hold.

 

[Jennings]

Kevin Bacon already fucked up from the first line of dialog. "Ladies and Gentlemen" is such an antiquated and insufficient term, especially for a movie acknowledging third-genders in the title itself. Kind of a strange omission, unless his choice of these words is somehow integral to the plot itself.

This movie looks fun and funny as hell.

 

[Kraz]

Kevin Bacon already fucked up from the first line of dialog. "Ladies and Gentlemen" is such an antiquated and insufficient term, especially for a movie acknowledging third-genders in the title itself. Kind of a strange omission, unless his choice of these words is somehow integral to the plot itself.

This movie looks fun and funny as hell.

It's a conversion camp. Conversion therapy is the practice of trying to change someone's gender. The phrasing was intentional.

 

[Burning Blade]

59% of them have at least a chance of survival.

 

[bitbydeath]

Usually there’s a final girl in slashers, this going to break the tradition and have a final boy?

 

[Kraz]

This may be a very challenging show for the audience.

 

[Rest]

Am I supposed to root for the killer?

You don't do that in every horror movie?

 

[eddie4]

Usually there’s a final girl in slashers, this going to break the tradition and have a final boy?

Did you just assume the last character's gender, OMG, I can't EVEN....ugh

 

[BaneIsPain]

The killer will be lectured using correct pronouns and repent
Happy ending.

 

[belmarduk]

Cool... I may get Paramount Plus for this...
Kevin Bacon's first major role was in the original Friday The 13th.. so its great to see him do horror again.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Empowering slasher film?

Am I supposed to root for the killer?

 

[AyyyLmao420]

*michaeljacksonpopcorngif*

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

 

[clarky]

Not a sequel to They live? Disappointing.

 

[GymWolf]

The only way i'm gonna see this thing is if bacon kills all these people while riding a graboid.

 

[Valonquar]

This movie needs a Dave Chappelle cameo STAT

 

[spawn]

I'm rooting for the killer on this one

 

[trikster40]

Spoiler: none of the campers die, but the killer dies a horrible death.

 

[jason10mm]

Spoiler: none of the campers die, but the killer dies a horrible death.

Spoiler 2: The "killer" is just a jerk who dishes out microaggressions, all the deaths are figurative

 

[Mato]

What a bizarre little thread this is, with the bigots openly wishing death on LGBT people.

 

[Mistake]

Maybe the killer is admiral ackbar

 

[strange headache]

I like how they put "they/them" in scary letters

 

[Revolutionary]

Kinda wish I didn't watch the trailer, because it doesn't look like anything special. If it wasn't for the LGBT theme this appears to be just another slasher, and as I said after I watched X, I think I'm 'done' with traditional slashers.
Meh. Maybe if there's nothing else to watch I'll check it out.

The title (They Slash Them) is fairly clever though, I must admit.

 

[NeonGhost]

If thisnt a sequel to the giant killer ants movie I don’t care

 

[Mistake]

What a bizarre little thread this is, with the bigots openly wishing death on LGBT people.

Oh no! God forbid a fictional character gets hurt!

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Kinda wish I didn't watch the trailer, because it doesn't look like anything special. If it wasn't for the LGBT theme this appears to be just another slasher, and as I said after I watched X, I think I'm 'done' with traditional slashers.
Meh. Maybe if there's nothing else to watch I'll check it out.

The title (They Slash Them) is fairly clever though, I must admit.

Ohhhhhh, that is clever. I never PRONOUNce the "/" either out loud or in my head, so I never would've gotten that.

 

[nush]

Oh no! God forbid a fictional character gets hurt!

Let's hope they don't have an LGBT + bonus multiplier of being black, muslim, assigned female at birth, disabled, autistic because that could really put the kibosh on the slasher genre if only Chad was acceptable to kill.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Let's hope they don't have an LGBT + bonus multiplier of being black, muslim, assigned female at birth, disabled, autistic because that could really put the kibosh on the slasher genre if only Chad was acceptable to kill.

 

[nkarafo]

"They slash them" implies the killer is the lgbtq person, unless there's more than one.

 

[Doczu]

I'm rooting for this movie so that they'll greenlight it's sequel: Was/Were

 

[UnNamed]

Spoiler 2: The "killer" is just a jerk who dishes out microaggressions, all the deaths are figurative

Spoiler: at the end, there is no killer and everybody dies because they don't feel safe.

 

[Whitecrow]

This is not gonna end well...

 

[SJRB]

Beyond satire at this point.

 

[Kraz]

Having a conversion camp, a place that imposes gender ideology, in this case on youth, as the setting is clever.

These camps have shown how difficult it is to change someone's gender in appearances even through intensive therapies involving the willing, let alone the self-asserted who are forced. The young still discovering their nature may not have the tools and confidence to defend their own understanding of themselves against a coordinated assault meant to replace their incomplete understanding of themselves with the facade of appearances and behavior someone else wants them to have.

That the camp's techniques don't involve religion and appear to be real world phrasing complete with the underlying threats of noncompliance makes me look forward to seeing if what is made of this in the show.

 

[Hugare]

Imagine having the balls to pitch a slasher film with this premisse

Imagine having an even bigger pair by greenliting it

It will generate controversy one way or the other, no matter how the story in the movie unfolds

And it will be glorious

 

[IntentionalPun]

What a bizarre little thread this is, with the bigots openly wishing death on LGBT people.

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