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M3GAN
DREW BARRY-NO-MORE
SEE/SKIP
A guide to the week’s best and worst TV shows and movies from The Daily Beast’s Obsessed critics.
NICE TO HAVE A FRIEND
Real people dressed like killer dolls, dancing on a football field? Going to see movies together? Crashing late night shows? All ingredients of ingenious viral advertising.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT M3GAN
Director Gerard Johnstone and animatronics wizard Adrian Morot break down how they made this evil doll so terrifying—and leftover ideas that just might make it into the sequel.
SCREAM QUEEN DREAM
After her breakthrough role on “Girls,” Allison Williams transitioned to millennial scream queen territory. In “M3GAN,” the actress earns that title over and over again.
YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND
The Blumhouse horror film has already spawned bajillions of memes. But this movie is more than just a hollow product of hype—‘M3GAN’ is also a hilarious, horrifying load of fun.
SLAY
In the new horror movie trailer, an android styled like an old-timey doll who terrorizes *and* twerks. She is the moment. She is a meme. She is already an LGBT+ hero.
AMERICAN GIRL
Based on the first trailer alone, this sentient killer doll movie is going to anoint the new Chucky.