THE SACRIFICE GAME
Director / Co-Writer / Producer
Now on Shudder and AMC+
World Premiere — Fantasia International Film Festival, Winner of the Gold Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature
International Premiere — FrightFest UK, Closing Night Film
U.S. Premiere — Fantastic Fest
New York Premiere — Brooklyn Horror, Closing Night Film
Winner of Best Graveyard Shift Feature at Nashville Film Festival and Best Script at Knoxville Horror Film Festival
Official Site: TheSacrificeGame.com
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“In using the expectations of familiar conventions to circumvent them, Wexler follows up her debut feature The Ranger (2018) with a film that while operating on a larger canvas, caries a similar punk-rock spirit that boldly rebels against tradition.”
- Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter
A Creepy, Culty, Christmas Horror Treat
"Jenn Wexler's sophomore feature "The Sacrifice Game" bursts with behind-the-camera confidence as a creepy, culty, Christmassy midnighter romp. It's one of those horror movies that aims to make horror fun again, feeling at home on VHS shelves or snuck behind parents' backs for an unapproved after-bedtime watch...“The Sacrifice Game" is cool, calm, and collected despite bringing so many subgenres to the party, achieving tonal unity that should please crowds and leave them craving whatever comes next for Wexler and company."
- Matt Donato, /Film
‘The Sacrifice Game’ Serves Up a Bloody Good Time for Genre Fans
“…Wexler’s sophomore effort storms onto the screen with slick visuals, a fun and twisty script, and bloody thrills. The Sacrifice Game is a smartly paced lesson in being careful what you wish for and an entertaining ride from bloody start to even bloodier finish…it will have you smiling and excited for whatever the hell Wexler decides to do next.”
- Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects
“It’s hard to imagine Wexler making a dull film about anything. She has twice as much energy as the average human being and throws herself into filmmaking with tremendous passion.”
- Jennie Kermode, Eye For Film
A Fun, Gory Thrill Ride Filled with Surprises
“The film begins as a prototypical slasher the likes of which Rob Zombie would probably be very proud of, before flipping much of the traditional formula on its head, becoming equal parts gory ode to the '70s and '80s Satanic Panic and macabre Christmas comedy…but it also takes the time to offer a surprising amount of real character development. This is an ensemble show, and the cast performances are all standout”
- Sydney Ghan, MovieWeb
Jenn Wexler's Second Horror Flick Delivers Horror, Gore, Terrific Young Leads
“What really stood out during the screening was just how good the cast were. You cannot say that any one actor is a standout here when everyone has given Wexler a top shelf performance…Bolstered by great casting, two terrific young lead actresses, and great horror and gore, The Sacrifice Game will garner more horror fans to the directing and writing talents of Jenn Wexler. Refusing to work solely with horror's conventions, Wexler and Redlitz shake things up, lifting this horror film free from the depths of normality. Seek it out.”
- Andrew Mack, Screen Anarchy
Jenn Wexler’s Latest is a Perfectly-Wrapped Holiday Horror Gift
“The Sacrifice Game is Wexler showing what she can do with more money and more resources. Her confidence as a filmmaker has never wavered and this melding of holiday horror with cult slasher to create a story about the power of female friendships only further proves that. The Sacrifice Game is a new holiday horror classic, at least in my book, that deserves an annual rewatch alongside Black Christmas (1974), Deep Red, and Dial Code Santa.”
- Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central
