Strange Darling

Name: Strange Darling
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Romance
Released: August 23, 2024
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Denise Grayson, Duke Mollner, Ed Begley Jr., Eugenia Kuzmina

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Magenta Light Studios | Release Date: August 23, 2024 | R

Starring: Barbara Hershey, Denise Grayson, Duke Mollner, Ed Begley Jr., Eugenia Kuzmina, Jason Patric, Kyle Gallner, Madisen Beaty, Sheri Foster, Willa Fitzgerald

Summary: Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

Director: J.T. Mollner

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Tara Brady

Sep 20, 2024

Horror aficionados will find much to admire, but everything about this wild project defies generic expectations. It’s a thriller; it’s a cat-and-mouse game; it’s a truly messed-up love story. Read full review

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Cary Darling

Aug 21, 2024

All in all, in a time when so many movies evaporate from memory as soon as the credits roll, “Strange Darling” — love it or loathe it — is the kind of film that engenders conversation. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 22, 2024

Playing out in six, ingeniously scrambled chapters, this headlong thriller transforms a simple cat-and-mouse premise — and maybe even a toxic love story — into an impertinent rebuke to genre clichés and our own preprogrammed assumptions. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Oct 10, 2023

Writer-director JT Mollner flips the script on this tired genre, crafting the cleverest thriller of its kind in a while with a mighty assist from a pair of killer performances by co-leads Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner. Best experienced with as little foreknowledge as possible, Strange Darling demands a bit of patience, but it also rewards it. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sep 19, 2024

It’s in uncompromising bad taste but made with lethal precision and discipline. Read full review

Slashfilm Chris Evangelista

Aug 20, 2024

Not everything works — for example, there are multiple moments where characters are firing up cigs with Zippo lighters that seem painfully choreographed to look "cool" — but the film is so energetic and intense that it's hard to not go along for the ride. Read full review

Sarah-Tai Black

Aug 22, 2024

Fitzgerald gives a strong performance, especially considering the lack of depth her character is afforded, but her impact is drowned out by the film’s truly rancid attempt at upending the gendered inferences that Mollner has staged her character within. Read full review

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