A series of killings in Rio de Janeiro’s tony Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood grips the imaginations of a quartet of teen girls, especially dark-eyed and horny Bia, whose ghoulishness eventually starts to look like possession. Not that anything is all that explicit in this hyper-stylish (think recent Nicolas Winding Refn) not-quite horror movie, which manages to unsettle with something like the cinematic equivalent of negative space. In short, coming-of-age trauma and the fear of sex get an unforgettable, synth-drenched makeover in director Anita Rocha da Silveira’s outlandishly good debut.

Georgia Straight, August 2017