Oh, to be a young aspiring actress in LA! Exciting? probably not. Scary? Probably. You lose your connection to who you really are and search for someone you are expected to be. What results is vulnerability and helplessness...then maybe you go psychotic...and then die. Okay, our film today has an ominous tone and a promise for a vicious ending. It is also the magnum opus of a fine young actress, Samantha Carroll, who knocks home a role similar to Catherine Deneuve's role in "Repulsion." Let us look at 2024's "Young Blondes, Stalked and Murdered," directed by Nick Funess.
Stacy (Carroll) is an aspiring actress who moved to LA from Minneapolis...and it ain't happening for her. She's pretty...but in LA you need to be beautiful. She's awkward and just a bit too desperate. Her friend the beautiful and not desperate Josie (Elle Chapman), takes pity on her and sends a role her way. This will go as awkward as anything else in Stacy's life. Josie has friends, and maybe a boyfriend. Josie has roles and a social life. Stacy has only her fears, vulnerability, and desperation. Oh, as a backdrop, young blonde actresses are being felled by a serial killer. Oddly, Stacy sees this as some sort of recognition. Recognition is something that Stacy's life lacks.
As the film progresses, Stacy falls more and more into a psychosis that will ruin her if she doesn't get it checked. Her actions get more and more anti-social. She loves horror films, especially "The Driller Killer." I know...our kind of babe. She's obsessed with great blonde actresses of yesteryear. Josie inches ahead in her career, and Stacy inches backwards. Backwards from...nothing, that is. We fear for Stacy as we think we know her fate. But, is her lack of success actually saving her form something? Anyway, there is a killer on the loose and as the film draws to its ending...he gets closer.
Is Stacy going to survive the serial killer and/or herself? Will Stacy act out in her jealousy of Josie? Is there any way humanly possible that Stacy will land a part? We like Stacy...she's really pretty and she likes horror films. Our heart breaks for her as we surmise what her acting future holds. We are horrified as she appears on a collision course with a vicious killer. This is a hard one to watch, but if you liked "Repulsion," "Young Blondes, Stalked and Murdered" would be a terrific companion piece to it.
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