‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Filmmaker Halina Reijn On Working With Pete Davidson’s Dark Side & Creating Horror Pic About “Human Behavior And Toxic Love” – Crew Call Podcast
deadline.com“I wanted to approach it as a commentary on the time we live in, and Gen Z, but also myself because I’m totally addicted to my phone,” says Bodies Bodies Bodies director Halina Reijn on what drew her to the Kristen Roupenian story and Sarah DeLappe scripted feature.The horror comedy, which stars Pete Davidson, Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova, Amandla Stenberg, Myha-la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, and Rachel Sennott follows a group of twentysomething affluent friends who gather at a friend’s mansion for the weekend.
A hurricane hits, the lights go out and they decide to play a party game which not only lives up to its name, but exposes how fractured the friends really are.
OMG.The pic made its world premiere at SXSW where it has since racked up a 92% certified fresh critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie excited arthouses last weekend in LA and NYC with a $37,7K theater average, the second best opening weekend theater average YTD behind the $50K posted by A24’s highest grossing movie of all-time, Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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