Fresh on Hulu Review: Entertaining Horror Flick!

April 18, 2022 Jennifer Arthur 1 Comment Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fresh, Hulu, Mimi Cave, Sebastian Stan

I’m not gonna lie, I watched Fresh because of Sebastian Stan but I hadn’t watched the trailer so I thought it was a rom-com. Boy… was I wrong. Hulu’s new body horror stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Noa. A regular twenty-something woman living an urban lifestyle and looking for love. She tries all kinds of dating apps but is spared further searching when she seemingly finds the perfect guy on a late night supermarket run. After a couple dates, they agree to go away for the weekend and it’s there that Noa realises that Steve (Sebastian Stan) is not who he appears to be.

Fresh is a solid and terrifying look at dating in this era. Which lets face it, has always been scary for women in any era. Proving once again why you don’t sleep with men you just met and you certainly don’t go away with them for the weekend. Seriously, stop doing this ladies. It also proves what a good-looking man can get away with. The irony is that she thought the dangers or real creeps were online but the truth is, any guy you meet could be an asshole or a pyscho. Funny enough, the movie makes a compelling argument for “lightly stalking” potential lovers. I mean at least make sure they have some sort of digital footprint.

Written and directed by two women, Lauryn Khan and Mimi Cave, it’s an unapologetically feminist film that shows women need to save themselves because there ain’t no princes coming. That the relationship we form with our friends is more important than any we form with a guy. While some of the dialogue was a bit too on the nose, these infractions are minor and don’t much affect the overall finished piece.

Of course there’s a pick-me… there’s always a pick-me. The pyschological machinations of such women needs to be studied. But I’d say, like the case of Ann (Charlotte Le Bon), they’re probably just victims themselves. The harvesting of body parts can be taken as a metaphor for the objectification of women. Especially when Steve describes why he loves what he does. It just sounds like something any creep would say. Noa’s resolve is truly admirable. Fresh is an entertaining horror flick that may just have you rethinking your whole outlook on dating and male/female dynamics.