Tragedy Girls
The first trailer forTragedy Girlsteases a teen horror - comedy about social media and murder . For each generation , Hollywood seems to produce a new crop of teenaged comedies that take a look at the hierarchy of popularity in U.S. eminent school . From more naturalistic film likeCluelessandMean girl , to those verging on satire and horror - likeHeathers- the subject of teenage girls vying for popularity is pervasive in the flick industry ( and , of course , on television ) . However , with the rise of societal media in late years , the landscape of high school has changed drastically and so too has the definition of popularity - which provides the basis forTragedy Girls .
The cinema stars Alexandra Shipp ( ecstasy - man : Apocalypse ) and Brianna Hildebrand ( Deadpool ) as two estimable admirer and unpaid crime blogger who are looking to boost their on-line presence . However , when they get a line that becoming killers is the best way to insure they ’re the first ones on a scene , they go on a murder spree together . Now , the first trailer forTragedy Girlsteases an irreverent take on the societal media genesis that mix slaying with humor and snark .
Gunpowder & Sky - the electrical distributor also behind the Alison Brie , Aubrey Plaza and Dave Franco comedyThe Little Hours- liberate the trailer forTragedy Girls . Read the film ’s official summary below :
just friend Sadie ( Hildebrand ) and McKayla ( Shipp ) are on a charge to advance their social media fandom as inexpert crime reporter spicy on the track of a unbalance local serial Orcinus orca . After they manage to capture the killer and secretly obligate him hostage , they substantiate the best manner to get pocket on succeeding victims would be to murder citizenry themselves . As their societal media become an overnight sensory faculty and panic transfix their pocket-size Ithiel Town , can their friendship survive the strain of interior stardom ? Will they get caught ? Will their accounting get assert ?
In accession to Hildebrand and Shipp , Tragedy Girlsstars Josh Hutcherson , Craig Robinson , Kevin Durand , Jack Quaid , Timothy V. Murphy , Nicky Whelan , Austin Abrams , Kerry Rhodes , and Mary Carmen Lopez . Tyler MacIntyre ( Patchwork ) directedTragedy Girlsfrom a hand he co - wrote with creative mate Chris Lee Hill . AlthoughTragedy Girlswon’t hit theatre until next month - just ahead of Halloween - the film debut at South by Southwest in the first place this year to rant brushup ; as of this writing , the movie oblige a hearty 94 pct on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews .
Of of course , casual moviegoers will get to make up their own minds aboutTragedy Girlsonce it debuts in house later this yr . The first prevue for certain teases a quirky new teen repulsion - funniness and the movie has already been compared to the like ofHeathers , Mean Girls , and ' 90s slasher flickScream . Whether MacIntyre has successfully pull together newfangled and familiar elements of teen clowning and slasher pic for a unexampled classic remains to be seen , but with little more than a calendar month left beforeTragedy Girlshits dramaturgy , movie fans will presently get hold out .
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