After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.It's been a while since Hollywood has pumped out a body-switch movie, but this time it's a little bloodier. A sort of love letter to the classic horrors of the 70s and 80s,is a fresh take on the genre, transforming the killing teenager's trope into a hilarious and oddly satisfying massacre of gross proportions.
It starts like any classic horror – a seasoned serial killer sets out on a killing spree of mostly teenagers. One night he targets a shy, bullied Millie with a magical knife and the two switch bodies. Carnage and shenanigans ensue as Millie races to take back her body while trying to convince her friends and family who she really is.
One of the biggest difficulties would have been to cast just the right people for the two leads who have to play dual roles, while also having good comedic timing. Luckily, in Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn, they found the perfect cast. What makes it even more hilarious is juxtaposing Newton's petite build and Vaughn's lumbering physique as the two flawlessly capture how the teenage girl and killer would react to their changed bodies.
And boy, is there a lot of horror. As a big fan of the genre, you sometimes become a bit numb to the gore or the filmmakers try to retain a younger audience rating through subtlety. Butgoes all out in a weirdly creative way – from sawing a man in half to driving a tennis racquet into a jock's head. The very first kill is so surreal and literally makes you gasp as it sets the tone for the bloody spectacles to follow.
However, it's not just a remake or a Frankenstein-esque abomination of two genres. It blends together into something different, where laughter and terror weirdly walk together hand in hand. It also doesn't feel like it's conning its audience with nostalgia – it celebrates what has come before while showing what the genre could be in the future.
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