Carrie Preston (she/her) plays Cora Whistler, a licensed therapist in charge of the campers’ therapy sessions, and the wife of camp director Owen Whistler.Anna Chlumsky (she/her) plays Molly, the camp’s medic and newest employee.Kevin Bacon (he/him) plays Owen Whistler, the conversion camp director who runs Whistler Camp alongside several counselors including his wife, Cora.When people walk away from the movie, I hope they’re going to remember the incredible love that these kids have for each other and how that love needs to be protected and celebrated.”
“I wanted to make a movie that celebrates queerness, with characters that I never saw when I was growing up. I’ve loved horror movies as long as I can remember, I think because monsters represent ‘the other’ and as gay kid I felt a powerful sense of kinship with those characters who were different, outlawed, or forbidden,” said writer and director, John Logan. “ They/Them has been germinating within me my whole life. When a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more dangerous.”įormerly titled Whistler Camp, the slasher will debut on Peacock on Friday, August 5. “As the camp’s methods become increasingly more psychologically unsettling, the campers must work together to protect themselves. Several queer and trans campers join Whistler for a week of programming intended to ‘help them find a new sense of freedom.’ They/Them, pronounced “They-slash-Them,” is “a slasher horror film set at an LGBTQIA+ conversion camp starring Bacon as Owen Whistler. The streaming service has officially set the premiere date for They/Them, and released a first look at the conversion camp slasher. Last year, Blumhouse announced the feature directorial debut by John Logan (“Penny Dreadful”), starring Kevin Bacon and set to debut on Peacock.