A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.
Acting
Maya Hawke's deadpan delivery could end lives.
Costume
Every outfit is a character assassination.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it needs a content warning.
Director
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Camila Mendes
Drea Torres
Maya Hawke
Eleanor Levetan
Austin Abrams
Max Broussard
Rish Shah
Russ Lee
Sarah Michelle Gellar
The Headmistress
Talia Ryder
Gabbi Broussard
Alisha Boe
Tara
Ava Capri
Carissa Jones
Jonathan Daviss
Elliot
Paris Berelc
Meghan
Maia Reficco
Montana
Sophie Turner
Erica Norman
Rachel Matthews
Allegra
Eliza Bennett
Jessica
Francesca Reale
Ariana
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robinson pitched this as 'Strangers on a Train for TikTok teens,' and Sarah Michelle Gellar's casting as headmistress deliberately echoes Cruel Intentions to cement the 90s teen thriller lineage.
The film's release coincided with a wave of 'dark academia' and 'coastal grandmother' aesthetics on TikTok, making its pastel-goth visual language accidentally zeitgeist-perfect.
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