502:, Takal takes jealousy/female rivalry/and frenemies to an extreme end but ratchets up the tension and madness with such steadiness that it's impossible to write it off as absurd. Her heroines are the frog in the slow boil pot, not aware of the danger until it's too late. And we are their horrified witnesses, who fear not just the story unfolding, but also the dark truths at its core." In a separate complimentary evaluation,
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Alexis's closet before Alexis leaves to find her phone, leaving Kayla alone. Chloe finds Kayla, who tries to convince her to walk away and keep everything secret, but she claims Kayla doesn't want her to succeed and accidentally kills her. Meanwhile, Danielle corners Alexis and cuts her calf, but Alexis gets away.
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and a former friend of Alexis. Later, Alexis returns to her house to prepare for a New Year's Eve party with her high school friends Kayla, Chloe, and
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Danielle and Chloe lock Alexis and Kayla inside a sauna, intending to wait until they die before calling the cops to make the deaths seem accidental. Alexis and Kayla discover a champagne bottle and, using it to smash the sauna's window, nearly escape but run into
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herself. When her ex-friends give chase, Alexis knocks Chloe down the stairs, killing her. Danielle then engages Alexis in another fight, only for Alexis to throw Danielle out of a window to her death in the pool.
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