Summer just got a whole lot shorter, sweeter...
and horrific. Sabrina Carpenter just dropped her Taste music video with Jenna Ortega, and there’s a whole heap of movie references. First she gave us ‘Espresso’, then the reveal that Barry Keoghan was more than just a guest star in ‘Please, Please Please’.
Now, former Disney star Sabrina Carpenter has released her latest album ‘Short n’ Sweet’. The video for ‘Taste’ has also been released, starring former Scream queen Jenna Ortega. However, the horror movie references don’t stop there, as the two fight it out over a nameless fictional boyfriend.
But just how many references are packed in? From most obvious to least likely to be spotted – Scream itself not included – here’s the full Sabrina Carpenter ‘Taste’ movie breakdown. Death Becomes Her The overarching look and feel of the video comes from the 1992 kitsch classic Death Becomes Her, starring Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep as two women fighting over the same guy while drinking a potion to become immortal. Carpenter has caught Ortega with who we assume is the same boyfriend, each trying to kill the other in a variety of ways.
Each time one gets attacked, they miraculously come back to life (check Sabrina with her literal chest taken out on the hospital bed). The only person who actually dies is the boyfriend himself. While the references aren’t always copied exactly, the movie’s presence remains noticeable.
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