Karma’s a bitch ...
and she loves a genre flick. M. Night Shyamalan just put the spotlight back on viral terror with “Trap,” an escape room horror about a killer attempting to outmaneuver the cops at a concert packed with iPhones.
In fewer theaters this weekend (but streaming too!) is director Marcus Dunstan ‘s “# AMFAD : All My Friends Are Dead .” That’s another internet horror movie featuring a major pop music event — only here the murderer and their victims never make it inside the venue. Starring ex-Nickelodeon favorite Jade Pettyjohn and none other than JoJo Siwa herself, “#AMFAD” sees its masked villain ensnare a van full of wannabe internet celebs in a “Seven” -esque killing spree at a remote Airbnb.
Both former kid-stars-turned-social-media-heavyweights, Pettyjohn and Siwa worked together years ago when the “Dance Moms” legend guest-starred with series regular Pettyjohn on “School of Rock.” “I think we played potato friends? We had a job where we had to dress up like potatoes or something like that,” said Pettyjohn in conversation with IndieWire. “It was cute and ridiculous.
We were teenagers and it was fun and we’ve always been friendly throughout the years. To collaborate on a film that’s definitely not a kid’s film now that we’re adults and in totally different stages of our lives is really incredible.” In “#AMFAD,” obvious final girl Sarah (Pettyjohn) and her toxic college friends are on their way to a music fest.