They/Them The slasher film that teaches you about Pronouns
They/Them (pronounced as They slash them) is Peacock’s attempt to empower the LGBTQIA+ by brutally murdering them on screen. Director and Writer John Logan wrote two Daniel Craig James Bond films and decided to make a horror/slasher that represents the sexuality and gender spectrum. I like that he wants to make the community feel represented. I am just not sure if this is a good genre for that. Think of Friday the 13th and “I Am a Cheerleader” combined.
They/Them also tackles the controversial issues of Gay conversion camps. These establishments never work because you can never pray the gay away. Many teenagers who were taken to these locations get PTSD because they are prisons. Parents should love and accept their children for who they are.
They/Them trailer
Jordan(Theo Germaine) is sent to a gay conversion camp because their parents can’t accept their identity as non-binary. When the counselor asked everyone to separate between boys and girls, Theo is unable to choose because they don’t identify as one of both.
They will encounter other LGBTQIA+ teenagers who were put there for the same reason. The parents of these kids wanted them to become Cisgender heterosexuals. The place is under the operation of Owen Whistler (Kevin Bacon), A conservative right wing Christian who believes sexuality is something that can be changed but it can’t be. (I can’t believe these places are still legal)
The kids are not really into turning straight. In fact, they see this as an opportunity to explore their sexuality. Just like the boot camps of most slasher films, there is going to be lots of love making.
What the campers didn’t know is that there is a killer on the loose. Who is the killer?
They/Them is coming to Peacock this coming August 5.
Mulan_Rouge
July 28, 2022 @ 2:02 am
They have the intention of making the LGBTQ community represented but ends up making a movie where they are getting slaughtered instead.
Ornatia
July 28, 2022 @ 2:15 am
Just one cheerful and regular LGBT film would be nice. Why must they all feature violence or overt sexuality? There is no way to repair the homophobic YouTube comments on this trailer.I don’t think this movie is for me.
ZSQSally30623
July 28, 2022 @ 2:17 am
If you think about it, are they truly willing to put their lives at risk in order to be true to themselves and their values? Is the only option for these people to preserve their own skin by pretending to like the opposite sex? this movie is a metaphor to homophobia and transphobia.
Natures
July 28, 2022 @ 2:18 am
In slasher films, people who have sex are always the first to die.
Gibletsnearby
July 28, 2022 @ 2:21 am
The concept of “enbys” still confuses me, but in order to avoid offending them, I use the pronouns they prefer rather than my own grammar struggles that a single person wanted a plural pronoun.
Carly
July 28, 2022 @ 2:22 am
Choosing Kevin Bacon for this was a wise move. He has a natural charisma, but he accentuates it just a tad so that you’re on the edge of your seat. The person who came up with that title is deserving of a promotion for his/her ingenuity. In my opinion, whomever came up with the title deserves a raise. If it has Kevin Bacon in it, I’m all for it.
greenlantern
July 28, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
What is next. a horror movie titled LatinX/FilipinoX . Wokeness have gone too far.
Stella
August 8, 2022 @ 9:06 pm
The trailer is just hilarious for me.
The fact that the trailer has views means most people are really feeling this movie and would watch it. Most people are just watching it cause of Kevin.
poisontree
August 10, 2022 @ 7:54 am
This was the worst movie I’ve ever watched, oh my heckers. The film is the furthest thing from a slasher movie, thus the trailer is likewise a complete fiction. I’m furious at how utterly pointless and just offensive this movie was. It mocks the LGBTQ+ community instead of making them feel like they can be the hero of a horror movie. They needed to use more psychology and less impulse if they wanted to make a slasher movie about a gay conversion camp. Due to all the trauma they have experienced, the characters may begin to doubt their own memories of the murders. In this case, the counselors may gaslight the characters, only for them to later admit that they were being duped. There are a gazillion other ways to make a movie of that type without the usual preaching about being yourself and making the killer a mere afterthought.