Summary: two young LGBTQ teens face the supernatural and prejudice.
Lets be blunt in the West most LGBTQ+ teens do not face being forced into conversion therapy, maybe in backwoods areas living about 50 years in the past but not in the modern west, and that includes Australia.
By and large most sects of Christianity have also come to accept LGBTQ people, not that you would know from this film. In many ways the horror herein is a means to attack Christianity even though it has long since accepted them. There could be an idea made that they are too afraid to go after the groups that do not accept them as that would be un-pc the Church makes for a better target.
The horror here is nothing new, they try and say it is different as it features LGBTQ characters and themes but honestly queer horror has evolved far beyond this sort of thing. In many ways this film is based around putting identity first and trying to make a statement but that has been done before what this film is trying to say has been said better before.
The real issue here is that this film feels like it is trying to mimic other queer horror films from the recent past.
Overall, one or two good scares but by and large just more of the same you have seen before.
1.5/5
A few good scares
It is well paced
Cons.
It is repetitive
The commentary feels outdated
It is directing ire in the wrong direction
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