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After surviving a near-death experience, Chrys’ moves to a new town and starts a new school. After finding an ancient whistle in her locker, her friend Grace blows it at a movie, setting off a twisted chain of events where their deaths are coming after them earlier than expected.

Whistle stars Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley, and Nick Frost.

I talked to director Corin Hardy about avoiding high school movie stereotypes, creating the movie soundtrack, Chrys’ complicated relationship with life and death, and shooting the twisted death scenes.

Whistle is in theaters now.