Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for They/Them (2022) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Theo Germaine, Kevin Bacon, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore DIRECTOR: John Logan CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lyn Moncrief MUSIC: Sofia Hultquist PRODUCTION: Blumhouse Productions

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for They/Them (2022). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

On April 9, 2021, it was announced John Logan would write and direct the horror film Whistler Camp in his feature directorial debut, with Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar attached as producers for Blumhouse Productions. In September 2021, the film became untitled and it was reported that Theo Germaine, Kevin Bacon, Carrie Preston, and Anna Chlumsky had joined the cast; Bacon and Scott Turner Schofield executive produce. On October 1, it was announced that the film would premiere on Peacock and that Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Anna Lore, Monique Kim, Cooper Koch, and Darwin del Fabro would also star. Blum said he was drawn to making a feature film about conversion therapy following the release of the documentary Pray Away. He also clarified that the idea for the film was conceived entirely by Logan, who wrote it on spec.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

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CRITICAL RECEPTION

Writing for the New York Times, Calum Marsh said: "Logan, who also wrote the screenplay, feels so averse to engaging with the thorny political implications inherent in this material—of having to negotiate a cast of gay, transgender and nonbinary characters in a horror context—that the whole thing winds up seeming rather tame." Peter Debruge of Variety wrote: "It's so committed to affirmational messages about queer identity not being a choice, a condition or a legitimate motive to get axed by a deranged serial killer that the movie all but forgets to be scary—although enlisting Kevin Bacon as too-genial-to-be-trusted camp overseer Owen Whistler nearly makes it work."

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, saying: "As a director, Logan knows how to put us through the horror genre paces, from jump scares and mysterious sounds in the woods, to the obligatory gruesome kills. Time and again, though, we're reminded that real monster in They/Them is bigotry and intolerance."