It's bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives on their doorstep - just in time for Christmas.
With nowhere to go for winter break, Samantha and Clara must spend the season at their snowy boarding school. Unbeknownst to them, the building is the endpoint of a series of demonic sacrifices, and the two students are the only ones left to put a stop to the summoning ceremony before it’s too late.
With a little bit of HOME ALONE, a little bit of teen angst, and a lot of grisly murder, THE SACRIFICE GAME examines 1970s disillusionment as a feminist coming-of-age tale with plenty of haunts and kills along the way. As the ritual creeps closer, the girls must confront the dangerous cult and the numerous ways their guardians …
Jenn Wexler is a writer and director, whose directorial debut, THE RANGER, world premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, was released by AMC’s Shudder, and screened at the Museum of Modern Art. Her latest feature, THE SACRIFICE GAME, starring Mena Massoud (ALADDIN) and Olivia Scott Welch (the FEAR STREET franchise), world premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival, had its International Premiere at FrightFest UK (Closing Night Film), its U.S. Premiere at Fantastic Fest, and is coming to Shudder and AMC+. In television, she’s directed for The CW’s PANDORA and TruTV’s LATE NIGHT SNACK.
Wexler has also produced acclaimed and award-winning genre films including DEPRAVED, DARLING, LIKE ME, and MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, which was nominated for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award and won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW.
