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Skincare | Movie review

With the likes of The Neon Demon and, most recently, The Substance, there’s been an emerging trend within horror that’s set its sights on themes of beauty and celebrity. The latest example is director Austin Peters’s Skincare. Playing out more as a thriller than all-out horror á la The Substance, this flick follows successful skincare specialist Hope (Elisabeth Banks) become targeted by an online harassment campaign. What starts as someone sending a salacious email from her account soon escalates to fake advertisements being posted on adult websites. With the suspect believed to be rival business owner Angel (Luis Gerardo Méndez), Hope recruits friend Jordan (Lewis Pullman) to uncover whoever’s responsible.

Said to be inspired by a true story, the concept of being targeted in such a way is frightening because of how believable it is. Although there’s no spine-splitting body horror to be found here, …