Netflix's horror/drama show, Brand New Cherry Flavor, has TikTok users challenging one another to document their reactions to its bizarre sex scene. Set in the 1990s, Brand New Cherry Flavor tracks the journey of its protagonist, Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar), who moves to the Los Angeles only to find that the City of Dreams is full of horrors. The series based on a novel by the same name written by Todd Grimson. Lead actor Salazar has been on the rise ever since her starring role in Alita: Battle Angel and in Amazon's animated series Undone.
In Brand New Chery Flavor, Lisa is wronged by the predatory Lou Burke (Eric Lange), and exacts her revenge via the intervention of a creepy occult-empowered figure, Boro (Catherine Keener). The show then descends into unpredictable chaos as, for instance, newborn kittens mysteriously start appearing from unexpected places in a distinctive display of visceral body horror. In episode 4, «Tadpole Smoothie,» one particular sex scene has gained a lot of attention for its incorporation of this element. The scene in question features Lisa's kitten-producing wound, which becomes directly involved in her sexual encounter with Roy Hardaway (Jeff Ward). Naturally, the scene garnered some very strong reactions from viewers.
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Now, some Brand New Cherry Flavor viewers have taken to social media with their reactions to this disturbing sequence (via Decider). In a new TikTok trend, users are even challenging each other to watch the scene and recording themselves reacting. Overall, the reactions are universal in their shock, with one Twitter user saying she was «flabbergasted,» while another recommended only watching the
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