The fantastic queer thriller "They/Them" flips the script on horror films starting with its clever/devious opening scene involving a lone driver in the woods at night. It is one of many indications that thrice Oscar-nominated writer John Logan ("Gladiator," "Penny Dreadful") — making a confident directorial debut — is toying with viewers. Even with a pointed reference to "Friday the 13th," nothing in "They/Them" is quite what it seems — many of its characters have secrets — and that is what make this crafty film so damn fun.
The story unfolds at Whistler Camp," where a group of LGBTQIA+ youth have been sent to be "straightened out." Although the director, Owen Whistler (Kevin Bacon) tells campers this is a "safe space," it is, in fact, quite dangerous. Not only is Whistler a conversion therapy retreat, but a masked killer is stalking the grounds.
