In Grace Arbor the answers are never clear. Who is underneath the mask? This is the story of a group of high school kids - all popular, good looking, "most likely to succeed" types - who amuse themselves by pulling pranks on unsuspecting students and teachers. At their core lies a cruelty and shallowness which comes with the territory of privilege. One night, a prank goes horribly wrong, a teenager is killed, and the gang covers it up as a drowning accident but five years later, their lives are turned upside down when a local is killed by a serial killer wearing a haunting Marilyn Monroe mask. Soon, the gang are killed one by one in manners mirroring the pranks they pulled in high school. Is it revenge? Is it karma?
Practical Effects
The Marilyn Monroe mask is genuinely unsettling nightmare fuel.
Writing
Prank-to-death poetic justice that's smarter than it deserves to be.
Director
Robert Mearns
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Robert Mearns also wrote the script, making this his feature debut after years in reality TV production.
The Marilyn Monroe mask choice deliberately subverts blonde-horror-final-girl tropes—she becomes the hunter, not the hunted.
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