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I feel like a lot of people would be surprised to hear they are considered a Millennial. If you were born in the 80's, you're considered a Millennial. Wha??? I like to consider myself "with it" but I fear using those terms makes me not. When I see kids these days listen to whatever it is they're listening to, I do feel old. The same goes with social media. I'm amazed at what people will do to get a few likes, followers, hearts, or whatever else is out there to give someone. The Tragedy Girls takes teenage obsession with these elements and amplifies it to the extreme.
The Tragedy Girls follow death obsessed teens Sadie and McKayla as they use their online personalities to follow real life tragedies. They kidnap a local serial killer in the hopes of becoming his students and creating chaos in the small town they live in. When he refuses, they decide to try it out anyways. With the bodies piling up and their popularity soaring, will too much ever be enough?
This black comedy takes aim at young kids and how they are literally glued to their cell phones. I can't imagine what high schools are like these days or what teenage girls are like. If they are anything like the two leads in this film...heaven help us. I feel like a person's enjoyment of this film depends on how they like these two leads. If they find them annoying, the film will fail. The script is full of teenage slang like 'jelly' (jealous). It's as if Clueless was updated for today and the girls were obsessed with death instead of shopping. Their friendship is put to the test when a boy gets between them. One girl wants to date him while the other wants to kill him. Those sort of conflicts makes it difficult to stay friends.
The two girls are played by former X-Men mutants. Storm from X-Men Apocalypse and Negasonic Teenage Warhead from Deadpool. Both give good performances with Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic) standing out a tad more. Their antics when they try to go out and murder people are comical, yet they leave the viewer a little cold. I'd find it hard to see anyone rooting for these two people by the end.
It's a different take on the slasher genre and it definitely loves the 80's horror vibe. There are nods and homages to plenty of films. The last names of the girls are Hooper and Cunningham for crying out loud. Scream 4 had teenagers obsessed with technology, on-line presence and horror. The tragedy Girls is that, only cranked to the extreme. I liked it, but I wanted to like it a lot more.
October 16th
The Tragedy Girls
Millennial Horror
The Tragedy Girls
Millennial Horror
I feel like a lot of people would be surprised to hear they are considered a Millennial. If you were born in the 80's, you're considered a Millennial. Wha??? I like to consider myself "with it" but I fear using those terms makes me not. When I see kids these days listen to whatever it is they're listening to, I do feel old. The same goes with social media. I'm amazed at what people will do to get a few likes, followers, hearts, or whatever else is out there to give someone. The Tragedy Girls takes teenage obsession with these elements and amplifies it to the extreme.
The Tragedy Girls follow death obsessed teens Sadie and McKayla as they use their online personalities to follow real life tragedies. They kidnap a local serial killer in the hopes of becoming his students and creating chaos in the small town they live in. When he refuses, they decide to try it out anyways. With the bodies piling up and their popularity soaring, will too much ever be enough?
This black comedy takes aim at young kids and how they are literally glued to their cell phones. I can't imagine what high schools are like these days or what teenage girls are like. If they are anything like the two leads in this film...heaven help us. I feel like a person's enjoyment of this film depends on how they like these two leads. If they find them annoying, the film will fail. The script is full of teenage slang like 'jelly' (jealous). It's as if Clueless was updated for today and the girls were obsessed with death instead of shopping. Their friendship is put to the test when a boy gets between them. One girl wants to date him while the other wants to kill him. Those sort of conflicts makes it difficult to stay friends.
The two girls are played by former X-Men mutants. Storm from X-Men Apocalypse and Negasonic Teenage Warhead from Deadpool. Both give good performances with Brianna Hildebrand (Negasonic) standing out a tad more. Their antics when they try to go out and murder people are comical, yet they leave the viewer a little cold. I'd find it hard to see anyone rooting for these two people by the end.
It's a different take on the slasher genre and it definitely loves the 80's horror vibe. There are nods and homages to plenty of films. The last names of the girls are Hooper and Cunningham for crying out loud. Scream 4 had teenagers obsessed with technology, on-line presence and horror. The tragedy Girls is that, only cranked to the extreme. I liked it, but I wanted to like it a lot more.