Perpetrator

Perpetrator is a 2023 horror film written and directed by Jennifer Reeder. It stars Kiah McKirnan, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach, Casimere Jollette, Tim Hopper, Josh Bywater, Chris Lowell and Alicia Silverstone. The film follows Jonny, an impulsive teenage girl living in a town where young women continue to go missing. It was nominated to compete for the Panorama Audience Award at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on February 17, 2023. The film was released on the streaming service Shudder on September 1, 2023. Cast Kiah McKirnan as Jonquil "Jonny" Baptiste Melanie Liburd as Jean Baptiste Ireon Roach as Elektra Casimere Jollette as Aviva Tim Hopper as Gene Baptiste Josh Bywater as Officer Sterling Audrey Francis as Marcy Christopher Lowell as Principal Burke Alicia Silverstone as Hildie Baptiste Sasha Kuznetsov as Kirk Ilirida Memedovski as Avalon Greta Stolte as Darby Production Jennifer Reeder's second feature to screen at Berlinale, following 2019's Knives and Skin, is produced by newly turned producers, Paris-based sales agent WTFilms. It also marks her third collaboration with Shudder, since 2021 anthology film V/H/S/94 and 2022 film Night’s End. Reeder and her crew shot Perpetrator in Chicago during March 2022, which she described as "a miserable time to shoot a film, but we got beautiful footage."