Jenn Wexler’s sophomore feature “The Sacrifice Game” bursts with behind-the-camera confidence as a creepy, culty, Christmassy midnighter romp.
It’s one of those horror movies that aims to make horror fun again, feeling at home on VHS shelves or snuck behind parents’ backs for an unapproved after-bedtime watch.
Wexler’s seasonal genre package is tightly wrapped, keeping the audience in a giddy state of suspense as twists and turns unfold.
Shades of cinematic parallels to everything from “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” or “The Babysitter” make “The Sacrifice Game” this playfully disturbing road-trip killing spree with a dangerous bite, appealing to the devils inside us hungry for bad-vibes horror served with a crooked smile.The film takes place over Christmas 1971, at and around Blackvale School for Girls, where students Samantha (Madison Baines) and outcast Clara (Georgia Acken) will spend their holiday break with supervising teacher Rose (Chloë Levine).
Bad fortune brings greasy-haired Jude…
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