Katcy Stephan SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Y2K,” out now in theaters. As the clock struck midnight on Jan.
1, 2000, the world held its breath. Would our computers, unequipped for the 21st century, simultaneously crash and usher in widespread chaos?
Thankfully not. But Kyle Mooney’s raucous directorial debut, “Y2K,” playfully imagines the worst-case scenario from the once-feared night.
The A24 horror-comedy, co-written by Mooney (who also stars) and Evan Winter, follows a pair of unpopular teens who crash a New Years Eve party in 1999, only to fight for their lives as the world’s electronics come alive for a murderous (and gory) uprising.
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