You know how everyone is talking about how “The Holdovers” is going to be an Oscars frontrunner? That’s a film about a student who has to stay at his prep school over the Christmas holiday, discovering more about himself and bonding with the people around him. Well, Shudder has “The Sacrifice Game,” which shares the same basic premise of “The Holdovers” but decides to throw in a murderous cult for good measure. It’s wild.
As seen in the trailer for “The Sacrifice Game,” the film follows the story of a group of girls who are staying at their prep school over the holidays in 1971. Things seem to be going just fine until this group of young women becomes the latest target of a traveling cult, who aims to complete a ritualistic sacrifice. Just the typical shit that happens at private schools, right?
The film stars Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Gus Kenworthy, Madison Baines, Derek Johns, Laurent Pitre, Chloë Levine, and Georgia Acken. As fun as that cast is, the real selling point for horror fans is filmmaker Jenn Wexler. If you haven’t seen her debut film, “The Ranger,” you’re missing out. It’s a really stylish and fun slasher. It’s easily one of the most underrated horror films of the past several years.
“The Sacrifice Game” debuts on Shudder on December 8. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
The Blackvale School for Girls, 1971. It’s bad enough that students Samantha (Madison Baines) and Clara (Georgia Acken) can’t go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a gang of cult killers arrives at their doorstep—just in time for Christmas.