Fresh's Worst Death Reveals The Unseen Victim Of Sebastian Stan's Killer
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Fresh.
Mimi Cave's Fresh is an inspired commentary on violence against women and how men can profit from it, but this specific line of thinking makes one death in the film the worst of all. Fresh is a unique take on horror; the genre has previously been domineered by men and therefore perpetuated (and even created) harmful stereotypes regarding femininity in proximity to violence and gore. Thus, it's refreshing that Cave's film actively rejects some of these horror tropes (the final girl, for example,) and instead celebrates and uplifts female allyship and friendship. However, this means that one death in Fresh was actually the worst.
Noa and Mollie's friendship in particular is the core of the film in many ways. Mollie's undeterred investigation into Noa's whereabouts reaches its endgame when she snoops too deeply and winds up also being captured by Steve, with the surprising help of his wife. Whilst there are some excellent examples of women supporting women in Fresh, one death, in particular, confuses this sentiment.
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Whilst Steve does get his comeuppance, rightfully so, it is his wife that could be considered the film's worst casualty due to Ann's dark backstory. The first glimpse into their marriage is an interesting one, as they stand together awkwardly in the bathroom doing their retrospective night-time routines. Ann looks physically uncomfortable as Steve tells her, ''good teamwork today,'' and her body is half-turned away from him. When she undresses to get in the shower, the camera pans down to show that she has a prosthetic leg, which seems to be a big hint that she is one of Steve's past victims. The
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