Bad Girl Boogie (2022) Review
The film, which received a positive reception at its premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival followed by a healthy festival run including Monster Fest and Salem Horror Film Festival, will release on digital platforms July 4 and DVD release on July 11. Select theaters will also screen the film from July 7.
BAD GIRL BOOGEY follows Angel whose mother was brutally murdered one Halloween night, when blood was shed by a deranged killer wearing a parasitic mask cursed with black magic and bigotry. Sixteen years later, when Angel’s best friend is slaughtered by a killer with the same mask, they must overcome their personal struggles, fight their fear, and find the masked killer before he, or it, slaughters everyone they hold dear.
Directed, Produced, and Co-Written with Ben Pahl Robinson – by then seventeen year old transexual filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay, BAD GIRL BOOGEY ushers in an inclusive slasher film proudly representing the queer community and loudly announcing an exciting new directorial voice.
Director Alice Maio Mackay made an impact with her low-budget directorial feature debut SO VAM and this, her sophomore feature, re-emphasizes her as both a name to watch and as a strong voice for the transgender community. This slasher flick centres around the LGBTQ community and uses its story as a platform to make salient points about homophobia along the way.
There are niggles – an Asian cashier gets stabbed on shop premises but there appears to be no ensuing police investigation, or did I miss that part? ‘Fuck’ gets said so often that it becomes tiresome and so does the thrash music that fortunately petters off as the film goes on – however, and despite my initial reservations, this is solid stuff, if a little too reliant in exposition.
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