Satranic Panic Review

Review of Satranic Panic (2023) by screenqueeen: 👍 2.5/5

the thirteenth night in the lonesome hooptober day 43 film 39 cats: 0

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i'm sorry to say that this didn't altogether work for me. coming to this right after T BLOCKERS i could see how closely similar this is in execution. it has a tighter cast of characters but there isn't the same feeling of platonic warmth between best friends like there was in Mackay's other 2023 film. it doesn't do a whole lot that T BLOCKERS did already but better and the drag performances stopped the momentum dead in its tracks. i'm not a drag girlie either so those sequences weren't exactly enjoyable for me, fully aware that that's a me problem here*. i did like how it chose to end in the wake of enacting justice but that not changing the fact Max is still gone from this world. a bittersweet victory for them but sweeter for those who will never have to interface with closeted transphobes in denial who've turned to summoning demons from hell to trap trans people. all in all this was a lot messier of an experience but you can still see Mackay continue to refine her craft throughout this. the cutaways to Malacoda are hilarious however.