At an elite boarding school for girls, six friends jokingly engage in a late night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.
Writing
Barrett's script subverts slasher rules with surgical precision
Direction
Debut that knows exactly which horror toys to play with
Acting
Waterhouse weaponizes detachment like a knife
Director
Simon Barrett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barrett wrote this specifically because he was tired of horror fans complaining there were no 'new' slashers—then deliberately made one that feels both classic and wrong-footing.
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