Posted on 05/16/2022 5:34:52 PM PDT by Ennis85
They/Them, an upcoming horror film starring Kevin Bacon and set within a “gay conversion camp”, has officially received a date for its release to NBC’s Peacock streaming platform.
Bacon has done his lion’s share of interestingly offbeat horror films in his illustrious career, starting all the way back in 1980 with Friday the 13th.
Some were hits, some were misses, and some sadly did not get the attention they deserve. Stir of Echoes, for instance, is still a spooky-good forgotten gem.
The same can be said of the heir to the genre’s ghostly and bloody throne, Blumhouse.
Popularizing niche franchises like The Purge and Paranormal Activity, Jason Blum and his production company show no sign of tiring when it comes to experimenting with strange concepts of all kinds – that bewildering Jem and the Holograms adaptation included.
This summer, the two horror icons will be teaming up with screenwriter John Logan and dragging NBC’s Peacock into the mix to bring the Skyfall writer’s directorial debut, They/Them (pronounced They ‘slash’ Them), to home audiences.
But, in the shocking twist that you definitely already saw coming, “the camp’s methods become increasingly more psychologically unsettling.”
To make matters worse, a killer is on the loose, taking out the campers like Jason and forcing them to band together for their survival.
Logan, a fan of slasher films, told Deadline that he has had this idea in his head for a long time.
“THEY/THEM has been germinating within me my whole life,” he said. “I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think because monsters represent ‘the other’ and as a gay kid, I felt a powerful sense of kinship with those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidden.”
He elaborated, “I wanted to make a movie that celebrates queerness, with characters that I never saw when I was growing up.”
“When people walk away from the movie, I hope they’re going to remember the incredible love that these kids have for each other and how that love needs to be protected and celebrated,” the director added.
They/Them debuts on August 5th on Peacock as a streaming exclusive and as per the company’s Executive Vice President of Content Acquisition, NBCUniversal is very excited to make the movie something of a tentpole.
“Original films will be an integral component of Peacock’s content offering, and we are thrilled to partner with Blumhouse on THEY/THEM streaming exclusively this summer,” professed Boreland.
Adding that the picture has an empowering “message of acceptance,” Boreland asserted, “The film is not only entertaining and thrilling, but also empowers its audience with its message of acceptance in a way that only a creator like John Logan could imagine and then bring to life”.
At the moment, Peacock is not quite the premiere destination for original content at the moment, at least not in the way Netflix or HBO Max is.
However, there’s always a demand for horror films, so we’ll see how They/Them changes the service’s fortunes.
Brokeback Summer Camp? What the heck?
I’m happy for them.
They want a gay horror film? Show close ups of viruses, and effects of infections and auto immune diseases that happen when you put things in holes they do not belong in
That’s nice - peacock can proceed on its way to oblivion
Finally... A horror film that might actually scare me.
Uh, I’ll be washing my hair that day/week/month/year/century/millenia.
More leftist propaganda disguised as entertainment.
Wokeness is horror enough.
A “queer empowerment story”? Is it set at Rat Party Headquarters?
Good for him. But I won't watch it.
Someone in the comment section of the article came up with a pretty good prediction of who the killer is and the storyline behind him:
” the killer will be someone for whom the “conversion therapy” worked, thus causing them to hate everyone who resisted. The last surviving campers will come together and hug the killer in a “it’s not your fault’ moment, turn on Kevin Bacon and kill him horribly, despite him likely being accidentally portrayed as a good man who just wanted to help because the writers are idiots and this is clear revenge porn. “
Annnnnd....it’s gone.
Kevin Bacon needs to stick to selling bacon
NBC clearly concerned that Disney ABC has become more perverted than they are 🤪
This is not going to end well for the Bacon
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Millions of fans about to dump ol’ Kevin for being a woke dumbass!
It’s like Footloose, but instead of dancing, it’s like hand jobs and some butt stuff.
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