Astrid & Lilly Save the World

Matt Roush says...

With very faint echoes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural in its juvenile DNA, this high-school horror spoof stars Jana Morrison and Samantha Aucoin as the title heroines, social outcasts cruelly dubbed the “pudge patrol” for their stalking of the cool kids at Pine Academy High (home of the “Fighting Ferrets,” in case you were thinking of taking any of this seriously). One dark and suddenly stormy night, the lovably nerdy but frustrated BFFs inadvertently open a portal that welcomes tacky monsters like the oh-so-symbolic “Tearjerker” into their midst. It’s up to Astrid and Lilly to save their undeserving peers, never getting credit, all the while knowing “like we need another reason for people to think we’re freak shows.” This might be more fun if it were a little bit freakier.

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