Get a Glimpse of Midwestern Terror in ‘Knives and Skin’

Jennifer Reader’s new film ‘Knives and Skin’ stars Marika Engelhardt, Audrey Francis, Tim Hopper, and Kate Arrington. After viewing the trailer, I’m genuinely intrigued.

What happened to Carolyn Harper? Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, this tantalizing mystery traces the wave of fear and distrust that spreads across a small Midwestern town in the wake of a high school girl’s mysterious disappearance. As the loneliness and darkness lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life gradually comes to light, a collective awakening seems to overcome the town’s teenage girls—gathering in force until it can no longer be contained. Unfolding in a hallucinatory haze of lushly surreal images, Knives and Skin is a one-of-a-kind coming-of-age noir that haunts like a half-remembered dream.

The film hits theaters and Digital December 6th.