Brewster seems to be an almost too perfect example of idyllic small-town America, with everyone living in peace and harmony. So when newcomer Whiley Pritcher starts up his own local cable TV show with the question "what's wrong with Brewster?", there surely can't be any deep dark secrets in the town that are just waiting to come to the surface - or can there? And when the question becomes "who's wrong with Brewster?" things start getting seriously nasty.
Direction
Singer's first feature shows his knack for controlled dread on zero budget.
Writing
Boyce's script weaponizes the talk show format brutally.
Acting
Marquette's dead-eyed charisma is genuinely unsettling.
Director
Bryan Singer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Singer and Boyce made this for $250,000 while still at USC; it won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize in 1993.
The film predicted reality TV, true crime podcasts, and Twitter callouts—three decades early.
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