STRANGE DARLING Flips Script on Serial Killer Movies

Film, Fantastic FestJT Mollner’s Second Feature Film Explores the Gender Dynamics of MurderStrange Darling, Image Courtesy JT Mollner

The description for the Strange Darling screening at Fantastic Fest was just one line: “One day in the twisted love life of a serial killer.” So, of course, I had to see it.

What followed is a twisty, turny take on the cat-and-mouse thriller trope that is lusciously shot and seductive to the end. In one of the best performances I’ve seen since Pearl, Willa Fitzgeral...