Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- darkly comic
- irreverent
- tense
- halloween watch
- dark comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a sharp, stylish, and vicious horror-comedy that combines social media satire with an effective revenge-driven escalation.
What sets it apart
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Cecilia's identity and apparent success are built around her social media persona, which becomes part of the film's critique.
The reunion with Cecilia's childhood bully transforms old social trauma into an escalating revenge campaign.
The film frames murder, humiliation, and interpersonal hostility through deliberately caustic comic beats.
The remote bachelorette cabin isolates Cecilia among former friends and her bully, turning a celebratory gathering into a pressure cooker.
Films like Sissy, and why
Ready or Not
shares a darkly comic slasher framework, female-centered revenge, and escalating social cruelty
Bodies Bodies Bodies
combines horror violence with sharp social satire and a protagonist shaped by toxic interpersonal dynamics
The Rental
uses a secluded-group setting, abrasive humor, and revenge-driven genre escalation
May
explores bullying, female friendship, and psychological instability through an unsettling horror-comedy lens
Movie Details
- Directors
- Kane Senes, Hannah Barlow
- Release Date
- 2022-11-03
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (193)
Cast
- Aisha Dee
- Emily De Margheriti
- Hannah Barlow
- Daniel Monks
- Yerin Ha
- Lucy Barrett
- Shaun Martindale
- Amelia Lule
- April Blasdall
- Camille Cumpston
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Sissy about?
- A polished influencer’s reunion with her childhood bully turns a remote bachelorette weekend into a viciously comic revenge nightmare.
- What is Sissy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sissy as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Sissy violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Sissy as graphic.
- What did critics think of Sissy?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a sharp, stylish, and vicious horror-comedy that combines social media satire with an effective revenge-driven escalation.
- Which films are like Sissy?
- Films with a similar feel include Ready or Not, Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Rental, and May.
- How long is Sissy?
- Sissy runs 102 minutes.
- Where can I watch Sissy?
- In United States, Sissy streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
