In a rare instance of introspection, Dylan (Ben Hunter), a rowdy bro type in his 20s, beams at the possibility that another person might genuinely be offering the kind of friendship he yearns for. A shy smile crosses his face, only for the spell to be immediately broken, leaving him feeling used. It’s a brief, easy-to-miss exchange, but one that evinces the lack of meaningful intimacy between him and his closest mates.
That moment of vulnerability follows a night of insidious games and unsavory revelations that test the bonds among a group of friends and acquaintances during a fateful buck’s party in “Birdeater,” an engrossing horror-laced ensemble piece from
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