Conversion camp slasher ‘They/Them’ isn’t your average horror film
mambaonline.comThe recently released queer horror film They/Them places queer fear and homophobia front and centre in a thrill-fest that’s also laced with laughs, and features an emotional storyline that’ll hit home for many members of the LGBTQI+ community. This slasher film follows a group of queer teens at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp who not only have to face the psychological manipulation of their “treatment” but also a masked killer, The name of the flick already sets the scene for a story that’s as layered as it is nail-biting: “They-slash-Them” is a clever way of tying the title of the movie to the steadily growing list of queer horror films (think of Jennifer’s Body, The Hunger and Hellbent).
According to They/Them’s lead, Theo Germaine, the title also points to the growth of their character, Jordan Lewis – one of the campers and the story’s protagonist.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Germaine describes how the title also plays into the trajectory of Jordan’s experience at a so-called conversion therapy camp.
Says Germaine, “If we’re talking specifically about the character, Jordan, and the trajectory that they experience and they go through during the film, they start off by their self.
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