“Welcome To Camp Whistler.”
Today’s Revenge Of The Slashers post features a rookie member of the slasher club. Yep, Angie Phelps only arrived on the scene in August of 2022 when the film They/Them landed on Peacock, but she definitely wasted no time racking up a body count. Angie is the masked killer who takes out victims at Camp Whistler. Sounds like a pretty standard summer camp slasher, right? Well, if you think so, you’re wrong.
Angie has chosen Camp Whistler because it’s a conversion therapy camp for LGBTQIA+ teens. This puts quite the twist on a traditional slasher flick, as the villain isn’t necessarily the slasher for most of the film. Sadly, the movie as a whole is kind of dull, but you may want to check it out.
Angie wears a fairly traditional black hooded outfit to dispatch victims. There is one striking feature, though, and that’s her mask. It’s an eyeless face that is haphazardly stitched down the middle (most likely as a representation of her non-binary gender identity). One side of the face is relatively plain and the other side appears to be scratched up with the teeth exposed. It’s an excellent mask. She’s an opportunistic slasher as well, using any and everything that she can get her hands on to kill her victims.
I hope that we see more of Angie in future They/Them sequels. As of right now, I have yet to hear anything about any plans for another film. Angie is definitely an interesting slasher and a unique entry into this month’s Thirty-One Days O’Horror. Let me know if you’ve seen They/Them and let me know what you think about the film.
Thanks for checking out today’s post. It was pretty difficult to find photos of Angie in her full costume, so you’ll just have to watch the film for yourself to see her in all of her glory. See you tomorrow!
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