A masker killer is on the loose in Blumhouse’s new horror film “They/Them,” set in the conversion camp Whistler.
Kevin Bacon plays the camp director Owen Whistler while Carrie Preston plays his wife and therapist Cora Whistler. Anna Chlumsky plays the camp’s new employee Molly, who is also a medic.
The film marks Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan’s directorial debut. He had previously written critically acclaimed films such as “The Aviator,” “Gladiator,” and “Skyfall.”
“‘They/Them’ has been germinating within me my whole life,” Logan told the press. “I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think because monsters represent ‘the other’ and as a gay kid, I felt a powerful sense of kinship with those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidden. I wanted to make a movie that celebrates queerness, with characters that I never saw when I was growing up.”
“When people walk away from the movie, I hope they’re going to remember the incredible love that these kids have for each other and how that love needs to be protected and celebrated."
The film features a mix of queer teens, including “Jordan (Theo Germaine), a transgender and non-binary camper from a religious background who has made a deal with their parents to legally emancipate after attending Whistler; Alexandra (Quei Tann), a transgender woman whose parents have threatened to kick her out of the house if she didn’t attend the camp; Toby (Austin Crute), a gay camper who negotiated with his parents for a trip to New York in exchange for a week at Whistler Camp; and Veronica (Monique Kim), a bisexual camper who wants to stop fighting who she really is,” according to IndieWire.
“They/Them” will debut on Peacock on August 5, 2022. Watch the teaser below:
