Jennifer Reeder gave us the truly amazing Heathers-like film, Knives and Skin as well as her segment in V/H/S/94. Her new film, Perpetrator digs into a horror story that terrifies generations of women and ultimately takes those shards of terror and turns them into a tale of sweet,sweet revenge. Perpetrator is headed for a release on AMC’s Shudder.
The synopsis for Perpetrator is as follows:
PERPETRATOR follows Jonny (McKirnan), a wild and impulsive teenage girl living precariously in a town where young women continue to go missing, and the power she’s forced to unlock to survive. At its core, a horror film inspired by the shared experience of generations of women, PERPETRATOR is equal parts modern mythmaking, thrilling story of revenge, and extraordinary exploration of youthful chaos.
“This is a significant moment for women working in genre films,” Reeder said. “Women are very well suited for horror in particular — we have a personal relationship to fear from a very young age, and are able to bleed for days and not die. This film in particular takes on the myth of the out-of-control teen girl — the wild child. In this story, she has agency in her lawlessness and embraces her abject nature. PERPETRATOR is dark but feminine, a nuanced noir, a grrrl power take on modern horror.”
Perpetrator stars Alicia Silverstone, Kiah McKirnan, Christopher Lowell, Melanie Liburd, and Ireon Roach.
We will be sure to keep you updated on a release date as soon as we get the info here on our desks. Until then; what do you think of the sound of Perpetrator?
