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Find the trailer for Shudder shocker “FIND YOUR FRIENDS” here

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

A girls’ trip goes a few different kinds of wrong in the movie debuting on the platform next month.

Shudder begins streaming FIND YOUR FRIENDS Friday, June 12. Written and directed by feature first-timer Izabel Pakzad, it stars Bella Thorne (the BABYSITTER movies, SAINT CLARE), Chloe Cherry, Helena Howard, Sophia Ali, Zion Moreno, Jake Manley, Israel Broussard, Harrison Sloan Gilbertson and Chris Bauer. The synopsis: “Amber [Howard] and her four best friends flee Los Angeles for a girls’ trip in Joshua Tree, only to find themselves unwelcome in a desert town simmering with quiet hostility. As isolation sets in and encounters with aggressive locals grow more threatening, festering resentments within the group begin to surface. What begins as fun and reckless escape spirals into a violent struggle for control and survival, as past wounds and present dangers collide in a night that turns their trip into a revenge-fueled nightmare.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).