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Review: 'Strung' on Peacock — A Blumhouse/Tyler Perry Thriller That's Ridiculous Fun (or Not)

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John Serba

8d ago· 5 min readenReview

Summary

A review of the Blumhouse/Tyler Perry thriller 'Strung' on Peacock, starring Chloe Bailey as a violinist who gets entangled in a dangerous relationship. The review describes the film as a melodramatic, preposterous thriller blending Perry's signature style with Blumhouse's horror-adjacent aesthetic, ultimately questioning whether it's worth streaming.

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Imagine the trademark Perry melodramatic-preposterous-thriller thing smooshed together with the cheap Blumhouse horror-adjacent aesthetic, then throw in a couple of smolder-y sex scenes, and you've got yourself some good old-fashioned trashy fun—in theory, anyway.
Strung (now on Peacock) is a collaborative Blumhouse/Tyler Perry joint starring Chloe Bailey as a musician who finds herself in a sort of Hand-That-Rocks-the-Cradle-in-reverse situation.
Is it as silly as that sounds? Yeah, pretty much.
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This is a co-production between horror studio Blumhouse and Tyler Perry. You’ve been warned!

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