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Shell

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Struggling actress Samantha is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha's life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell's CEO, the ultra-glamorous Zoe Shannon. When a string of former Shell patients go missing under mysterious circumstances, including popular social media star Chloe Benson, Samantha starts to fear she may be in danger herself.

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Jourdain Searles The Hollywood Reporter Ultimately, Shell’s observations about the beauty industry are only skin-deep. Sep 17, 2024 Full Review Katie Rife IndieWire When it accepts its destiny as a ‘50s-style rubber-suit sci-fi monster movie, Shell does have camp value to it. Even then, it still doesn’t commit to the bit hard enough to make it successful. Rated: C Sep 13, 2024 Full Review Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting Minghella crafts an escapist love letter to ’90s cinema. Its revolving door of genres and cheeky sense of humor makes for a welcome trip down memory lane. Rated: 3/5 Sep 13, 2024 Full Review Louisa Moore Screen Zealots Equally campy, hilarious, and disgusting, the film operates in a space inhabited by cult classics like “The Fly” and “Tusk,” but it never fully commits to the depth its premise seems to promise. Jan 9, 2025 Full Review Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast A film that plays like a really subpar Michael Crichton medical thriller from the ‘70s or ‘80s wasting Elisabeth Moss while films like The Substance lays it to waste Rated: 1/4 Oct 16, 2024 Full Review Andrea Thompson A Reel of One's Own In an age where beauty influencers have become the new gurus, promising fulfillment on the inside and out, the movie wastes any potential Zoe has for great villain status... Sep 30, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Struggling actress Samantha is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha's life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell's CEO, the ultra-glamorous Zoe Shannon. When a string of former Shell patients go missing under mysterious circumstances, including popular social media star Chloe Benson, Samantha starts to fear she may be in danger herself.
Director
Max Minghella
Producer
Fred Berger, Alicia Van Couvering, Norman Golightly, Max Minghella, Lindsey McManus, Elisabeth Moss, Hal Sadoff, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Screenwriter
Jack Stanley
Production Co
Range Media Partners, Blank Tape, Love & Squalor Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 40m