Peacock offers first look at Kevin Bacon conversion camp slasher flick They/Them
It's pronounced "They Slash Them," which we hope someone feels very proud of
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Peacock unleashed the first images today for its new original film, They/Them (pronounced “they slash them,” for reasons that will become rapidly apparent), a new film that stars Kevin Bacon as the lead counselor of an LGBTQ+ “conversion” camp where a string of slasher-style murders suddenly break out. (Get it? “They slash them?” We told you it’d be readily apparent.)
The film is being written and directed by John Logan (whose writing credits include Alien: Covenant and several of the recent Bond movies), who explained a bit of the genesis for the film in a statement accompanying the pics:
They/Them has been germinating within me my whole life. I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think because monsters represent ‘the other’ and as gay kid I felt a powerful sense of kinship with those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidden. I wanted to make a movie that celebrates queerness, with characters that I never saw when I was growing up. When people walk away from the movie, I hope they’re going to remember the incredible love that these kids have for each other and how that love needs to be protected and celebrated.
The film stars Kevin Bacon, Anna Chlumsky, and Carrie Preston as the adult operators of Whistler Camp, and Theo Germaine, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch, and Darwin Del Fabro as the various teenagers entrusted to their “care.” The logline notes that the camp ominously promises to “help them find a new sense of freedom,” and then, also, murders. From character descriptions, the crew of kids sounds like the standard array of slasher film fodder—except, of course, for the fact that they’ve all been bribed, coerced, or convinced into attending conversion camp, which definitely puts a new spin on an old formula.
The film was produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum, with Bacon serving as an executive producer. Logan’s movie debuts on NBC-owned Peacock on August 5.
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“They slash them” – that’s pretty good!“… writing credits include Alien: Covenant …” – that’s pretty bad.
Better known around here as the creator of Penny Dreadful.Yes, you may go now.
But also the creator of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.
That’s bad!
But it comes with a free fro-gurt.
That’s good!
Don’t forget Star Trek: Nemesis
Heh, the white dude in the blue jacket? I have those exact pair of shoes. Weird.Anyway I’ll probably watch it. This film’s probably gonna be around 90 minutes, which is perfect. Sooooo tired of 2 1/2 + hour movies.
That’ll help you relate. You can’t really know a character until you’ve run a mile in their shoes, screaming, while being chased by a knife wielding murderer.
… okay that was pretty good.
Thus ending up on the side of a…Milk Carton?
“I have those exact pair of shoes. Weird.”Not weird. Famously, shoes are mass-produced.
Sleepaway the Gay Camp?
Couldn’t think of a way to work in Sleepaway Camp reference, but I come back later and this beauty’s here.
It better have nuts, too.
The judges would have also accepted “Prey Away The Gay”
Get it? “They slash them?”
There’s a storm comin’. It’s gonna tear down that valley like a son of a gun.
Oh. Oh that’s kind of funny. Not really sure about all those faces those kids are making. But Anna Chlumsky AND Carrie Preston? That’s some nice chemistry, I imagine.
Theo Germaine, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch, and Darwin Del FabroOkay, y’all are definitely just making up names now
Rude much?
Not to mention pronouns!
And they pulled that photo from an old Benetton ad.
In that cast picture. I put money that the kid in the upper right is the killer.
From the header image it appears that Kevin Bacon and Ethan Hawke are slowly merging.
I was just thinking the same thing. They’re really starting to look similar as they age.
Literally every episode of Moon Knight I watched the
credits and thought “oh shit that wasn’t Kevin Bacon?” when Hawke’s name
came up.
Bacon looks like he’s summoning Amit.
Whistler Camp? You know to whistle don’t you? Mixed messages here.
Don’t go white water rafting with Vic.
I’m in. Sounds like Quitters, Inc. for gay kids.
I expect the marketing materials say something like “We’ve never sent a kid home still gay.”