Tragedy Girls
2017 · Directed by Tyler MacIntyre
Original language: English
- horror
- comedy
The story
McKayla and Sadie, two death-obsessed teenage girls, use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwestern town into a frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated suburban daylight and glossy digital color, with the palette skewing pastel pinks and mint greens against the blood-red shock of its kills, the whole thing shot with a restless, social-media-savvy energy: quick cuts, phone-screen inserts, and sharp punchy framing that mimics livestreams and viral clips. The sound is a jangling mix of pop-punk and synth stings that turns to tense, stingy silence right before a kill. Its vibe is candy-coated and mischievous, a mean-spirited satirical romp with a wicked grin. It suits a late-night watch with friends or a dark-comedy craving on a lazy weekend, and it moves briskly, with a cheeky rhythm that keeps escalating. Its emotional register is cynical and gleefully cruel, tracing two best friends whose devotion to each other curdles into rivalry as their fame grows. Intensity is high: frequent, bloody and graphic murders played for laughs, plus strong profanity, sexual talk and teen drug use, with gore that is overt rather than lingering dread. It is for viewers who love splatter comedy, sharp satire of influencer culture, and a mean streak in their horror.
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