‘Perpetrator’ Director Jennifer Reeder on Her Berlinale Horror Noir Ode to the ‘Girl Gone Wild’

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“Perpetrator,” director Jennifer Reeder’s provocative new horror noir that she describes as a “celebration of the girl gone wild,” world premieres Feb. 17 in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film…

“Perpetrator,” director Jennifer Reeder’s provocative new horror noir that she describes as a “celebration of the girl gone wild,” world premieres Feb. 17 in the Panorama section at theWritten and directed by Reeder, “Perpetrator” follows an impulsive teenage girl who must unlock a mysterious power to survive when the young women in her town continue to go missing. The film stars Kiah McKirnan , Christopher Lowell , Melanie Liburd , Ireon Roach , and Alicia Silverstone .

Reeder was last in Berlin with the 2019 murder mystery “Knives and Skin,” which IFC Midnight released theatrically. Acquired ahead of its world premiere by , “Perpetrator” is the director’s third collaboration with AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thrillers and content about the supernatural. Previous works include “Night’s End,” featuring Michael Shannon, and the critically acclaimed anthology entry “V/H/S/94.”this week in Berlin about our society’s obsession with youth and beauty, the long lineage of genre filmmaking, and why America is so scared of teenage girls.

You’ve talked about our obsession with young bodies, and how society is so eager to “consume and destroy them.” What do you mean by that? With social media, it seems like anybody can go from zero to influencer, for better or for worse, and so the pressure to be camera-ready for the average teenage girl is enormous. The area where you can mess that up is very slim, and there are people who don’t know you at all in real life, who feel compelled to fill up the thread with horrible, disparaging degrading comments.

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