Sissy is not your typical slasher film but it is without a doubt a slasher film. If I had to compare it to anything I'd say it's very much like Pearl by Ti West, just as to how its similar you'll have to watch and see for yourself.
Sissy is an Instagram influencer named "Sincerely Cecilia", who runs a self help channel and is a self-described "mental health advocate", one day while shopping she bumps into an estranged childhood friend who invites her to join her and a few others at her hen weekend, where things very quickly begin to spiral out of control.
Throughout the first act you may be tricked into thinking that this is a film about the effects and repercussions of bullying, however I'd say that the primary themes which the film covers are, obsession and the falseness of social media, where a person can pretend to be the absolutely reverse of their true self.
It's one of those movies that's difficult to place because it's a satire, a thriller and a straight up horror film, but also at its core (shown in one scene in particular) Sissy is a brutal slasher flick viewed through an instagram filter.
If any of that sounds like it'd be for you,
I'd absolutely check it out, you won't be sorry that you did.
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