Kristy

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Director: Olly Blackburn Year: 2014 Runtime: 86 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.1
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Synopsis

When a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.

A hooded figure photographs a young woman's corpse in an empty field, followed by a montage of Internet screenshots and videos of women being killed in ritual murders by a cybercult. Footage of the murders is uploaded on an anonymous underground website where members are encouraged to "kill Kristy", a name of Latin origin meaning "follower of God". College student Justine is attending a private university in the Northeastern United States on financial aid, and is unable to afford to fly home for Thanksgiving. Her boyfriend Aaron and roommate Nicole both leave for the break, leaving Justine to spend the holiday in solitude on a nearly empty campus, aside from security guard Wayne, front gate worker Dave, and groundskeeper Scott. On Thanksgiving night, Justine uses Nicole's BMW to drive to a nearby convenience store. Inside the store, a hooded girl, Violet, compliments the car and later asks for a student discount on sunglasses at the counter. Justine offers to pay for them, but the girl angrily refuses and calls her "Kristy". That night, Justine finds that someone has accessed her laptop, as a snuff film plays on the screen. Violet appears in the room with a boxcutter, and Justine flees. Outside, Wayne is murdered in front of her by a masked man and she finds Dave killed in his vehicle. The four cult killers assemble, and Violet begins recording Justine, telling her that they will hunt her and that she should "run to God". Justine flees to Scott's house for help. However, the killers murder his dog and hang him from a swing set in the yard. Justine attempts to call 9-1-1 from Scott's cell, but the gang has hacked it. They begin sending her video clips of herself and menacing text messages. Justine attempts to hide but is chased to the roof and cornered. She leaps from the roof but falling through the branches of a tree help break her fall. Aaron arrives and is also killed. Justine uses Aaron's car to pin one of the cult members against a wall and crush him to death. She hides in the gym's swimming pool, stabbing a second member with her car keys and drowning him. Soon after, she beats a third to death with a baseball bat. She reads a text on the dead member's phone; it is from Violet asking if he has "killed Kristy yet". Justine responds "yes" and finds photos of the cult's other victims, with their declaration to kill the "Kristys" of the world: pure, beautiful, and privileged women who they believe follow God. Justine uses pool chemicals to create a flammable powder. She dresses herself in the dead man's mask and jacket, and approaches the car where Violet is. Justine informs Violet that the others are dead, and when Violet comes toward her, Justine douses her with the flammable powder, burning Violet alive. Justine photographs Violet's corpse with the cellphone and uploads it to the website. A montage at the end reveals that a series of similar cult murders have occurred in other states and cities but with Justine's testimony and access to the phone, many of the cult's members have been arrested. A post-credits scene shows a young woman being attacked by another cult killer outside her home, but the attacker is stopped by another masked individual.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler The killing of the dog is not shown on screen, but you can hear whimpering, whining, and the final sound when the dog is killed. This happens right after you see the dog run out into the fog.
animals are abused
Yes
a pet dies
Yes
there's a dead animal
spoiler No on screen, but aforementioned dog is killed.
an animal dies
spoiler Not shown but it’s implied that a dog gets killed
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
someone is stalked
Yes
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
Yes
someone uses drugs
Yes
someone is restrained
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
there are hangings
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
spoiler She drowns a bad guy.
there's body horror
Yes
someone is burned alive
Yes
there's torture
Yes
someone is crushed to death
Yes
someone is stabbed
Yes
heads get squashed
spoiler Security guard gets his head beaten with a metal pipe/crowbar.
someone breaks a bone
Yes
a non-human character dies
Yes
someone dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
Yes
there are jump scares
Yes
there are shower scenes
Yes
There's audio gore
Yes
electro-therapy is used
Yes
shaky cam is used
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler lots of flashing lights
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
there's underwater scenes
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
the black guy dies first
spoiler No, the first death is a white girl in the intro.
religion is discussed
Yes
there is sexual content
Yes
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
a car crashes
Yes
a person is hit by a car
spoiler Self defense.
someone drowns
spoiler someone is killed underwater, i'm assuming drowning helped lead to the death
there's gun violence
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler Not a whole lot.

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