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The ‘90s was a great time for teen thrillers—movies like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. And if you love those ’90s scary movie classics, you’ll feel a serious sense of nostalgia when you watch Netflix’s new teen thriller There’s Someone Inside Your House.
There’s Someone Inside Your House follows the seniors at Osborne High as they just try to survive the year. A masked killer is stalking the students and revealing their deepest, darkest secrets—from dangerous hazing rituals to hidden addictions—and the whole school is shaken. Makani Young (Sydney Park) has a whole lot of secrets that she’d rather keep hidden—including her secret relationship with her friends’ top suspect, Ollie (Théodore Pellerin). And when the killings continue—and more and more clues seem to point to Ollie—she begins to wonder if she’s gotten too close to the killer.
As this entire small town mourns the gruesome deaths of their children, the students at Osborne High wonder about the secrets that the rest of their classmates might be hiding. But while they may think that they know everything there is to know about the kids they grew up with, they clearly have a thing or two to learn.
Their story has all of the elements that you’d expect from a teen thriller: jocks and popular kids, lovable outsiders, suspicious loners, a big party scene, a hookup or two, and plenty of thrills, chills, and fake blood. It’s also got one element that those ‘90s thrillers didn’t (and possibly the most terrifying thing of all): the threat of social media humiliation.
Sure, it has its share of clichés, but that’s also what makes it entertaining. You can’t help but like this lovable band of misfits—a random assortment of geeks and freaks and generally awkward kids who don’t fit in anywhere else. They’re fiercely protective of each other—and when gay hazing victim Caleb (Burkely Duffield) becomes the school’s top suspect, the group instantly invites him to their cafeteria table. And when even these otherwise likeable kids are targeted, you might even feel a stab of sadness yourself.
There’s Someone Inside Your House isn’t necessarily terrifying. Though the story of a murderous stalker who knows everyone’s secrets is definitely troubling, it probably won’t give you nightmares. For teens, it’s a creepy pick for some fun late-night sleepover viewing. And for the rest of us, it’s good for a little bit of scary movie nostalgia.
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