Perpetrator

Name: Perpetrator
Genre: Horror
Released: August 25, 2023
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Avery Holliday, Casimere Jollette, Chris Lowell, Greta Stolte

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Shudder | Release Date: August 25, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Avery Holliday, Casimere Jollette, Chris Lowell, Greta Stolte, Ilirida Memedovski, Ireon Roach, Josh Bywater, Kiah McKirnan, Melanie Liburd, Sasha Kuznetsov

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Streams on Shudder beginning September 1, 2023.

Summary: Jonny Baptiste (Kiah McKirnan) is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie (Alicia Silverstone). On her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.

Director: Jennifer Reeder

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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Richard Roeper

Aug 22, 2023

This is a bold and unique slice of storytelling that serves up some genuine scares and bone-chilling fright moments while pointing a finger at a culture that alternately glorifies, worships and sexualizes young women and revels in stereotyping them and tearing them down. Read full review

The Playlist Anna Bogutskaya

Feb 25, 2023

The plot is mostly irrelevant, aside from how it allows for Reeder’s ideas and imagery to flow. Oozing, gooey blood and messed-up school uniforms, secrets whispered in high school bathrooms, glitter dresses, and uncanny face masks all meld together to create a film rich in atmosphere and artifice. Read full review

Matthew Jackson

Aug 29, 2023

By the time the credits roll, all the ingredients Reeder’s been carefully marshaling come together in surprising, satisfying ways, delivering a horror film that leaves the world a little bigger, a little stranger and a little scarier. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Feb 25, 2023

Perpetrator may be silly and over-the-top, but inside of it lies a beating heart — quite literally, you will see — that yearns to express itself. Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 1, 2023

Some movies are meant to be messy, and some messes are strangely alluring. Read full review

Jonathan Romney

Feb 25, 2023

It’s McKirnan’s unflappable performance and energetic humour that hold it all together. Read full review

Steven Scaife

Aug 29, 2023

Perpetrator cycles through characters and settings at a considerable clip, never stopping long enough to flesh them out beyond an outline. Read full review

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royalguy07

Sep 3, 2023

Did not really enjoy this much, more confusing and mysterious than it needs to be. Silverstone is crazily miscast and is kind of a drag on her few scenes.

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