Ringing In 2025 With Influencer Horror and “Into The Darkish: New Yr, New You” [Horror Queers Podcast]

#Manifesting

After spending December revisiting Joel Schumacher’s 2004 model of The Phantom of the Opera (pay attention), Bette Davis’ Hush…Hush, Candy Charlotte (pay attention) and Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3 (pay attention), Hint and I rang in 2025 with a glance again at Sophia Takal‘s Into The Darkish entry, New Yr, New You (2018), co-written with Adam Gaines.

Within the Hulu movie, Alexis (Suki Waterhouse) joins buddies Kayla (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), Chloe (Melissa Bergland) and social media influencer Danielle (Carly Chaikin) to ring within the new yr.

However Alexis has ulterior motives for attending this yr’s festivities. She blames Danielle for her facial disfigurement, resents her for her fame, and has a devious plan to precise revenge. The occasion rapidly turns right into a hostage scenario with Kayla and Chloe compelled to choose sides as the opposite two work out their points in an escalating collection of verbal and bodily spats.

Will Alexis get her revenge? Will Danielle acknowledge her faults? And who will survive to rejoice the brand new yr?

P.S. Did you miss our different New Yr’s episode on Into The Darkish: Midnight Kiss? Take heed to it right here.

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Episode 315: Into The Darkish: New Yr, New You (2018)

We’re #manifesting a cheerful New Yr’s with our greatest influencer buddy courtesy of Sophia Takal and Adam Gaines’ “New Yr, New You” (2018).

The all-female entry of Into The Darkish is about poisonous (feminine) friendships and anticipates a ton of 2022 “Influencer” horror titles, notably Sissy.

Plus: reward for Carly Chaikin, questions on Suki Waterhouse’s profession, debates about social media promoting and complaints of “wokeness”, and sly commentary (perhaps?) by Takal and Gaines concerning the significance of Black, queer and fats folks in white girls’s tales.

Cross out Into The Darkish: New Yr, New You!

Developing on Wednesday: We’re tackling the *different* half of Grindhouse‘s double invoice with a take a look at Quentin Tarantino’s Demise Proof (2007). Did you miss our protection of Rodriguez’s half? Take a look at our episode on Planet Terror from final yr (pay attention).

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