Snatchers finds body-horror and humor in teen pregnancy
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There’s an entire subgenre of horror cinema about the fundamentally terrifying nature of pregnancy. And countless films hinge on teenagers, especially teenage girls, inviting certain doom by having premarital sex. The horror-comedy Snatchers, which debuted at this year’s SXSW, combines both tropes — then filters them through a high-school-comedy setting.
Snatchers is based on a short film and a later micro-series that premiered at Sundance in 2017, featuring the same cast, but expanding the story, which its stars referred to as “Mean Girls meets Alien.” The film...