A Sorority Party Turns Into A Deadly Nightmare In Tubi’s Wild New Horror-Comedy — And The Only Person Who May Know The Killer’s Identity Can’t Remember The Clues While She’s Sober. Siena Agudong leads a group of sorority sisters trapped with a murderer picking off their friends, while Brec Bassinger and Aliyah’s Interlude join the chaotic ensemble. The twist is brilliantly ridiculous: Nora’s hazy memories could expose the killer, but they only return when she’s drunk. Packed with slasher tropes, dark comedy and a deliberately unconventional “final girl,” this looks like one seriously fun addition to spooky-season viewing.

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Buzzkill: Siena Agudong and Brec Bassinger Lead Tubi’s Wild New Slasher-Comedy With a Killer Twist

A sorority party turns into a fight for survival in Buzzkill, a new Tubi Original that puts an irreverent spin on familiar slasher conventions. Starring Siena Agudong, Brec Bassinger and Aliyah’s Interlude, the horror-comedy follows a group of sorority sisters trapped with a murderer — and one unlikely heroine whose alcohol-fuelled memories may contain the clues needed to identify the killer.

Directed by Jem Garrard from a screenplay by Suzanne Keilly, Buzzkill is set to premiere September 25 on Tubi, arriving just as spooky season gets underway. The film comes from Blue Ice Pictures and is produced by Ryan Plachcinski, Haley Wiseman, Adam Friedlander and Tebogo Maila.

Rather than playing the traditional slasher formula straight, the filmmakers deliberately set out to have fun with the genre’s most recognizable tropes.

Tubi's Buzzkill

A killer is loose — and Nora’s drunken memories could reveal the truth

At the center of Buzzkill is Nora, played by Siena Agudong. She and her fellow sorority sisters find themselves trapped with a killer who is targeting their friends one by one.

There is, however, an unusual complication.

Nora may possess crucial information about what is happening, but her memories only begin returning when she is drunk. As the danger escalates, those fragmented recollections could provide the clues she needs to work out who is responsible before the killer strikes again.

The premise gives Buzzkill its distinctive mixture of horror and comedy. Nora is far removed from the polished, hyper-capable “final girl” often found at the center of slasher movies. Instead, she repeatedly makes mistakes and finds herself spectacularly unprepared for the nightmare unfolding around her.

Garrard described the movie as “unapologetically fun and ridiculous,” while emphasizing that Nora’s flaws are a key reason audiences should remain invested in her.

Siena Agudong says the cast were encouraged to play with horror clichés

Agudong said making Buzzkill frequently felt like the cast were arriving on set simply to create something that would make each other laugh.

That playful atmosphere was also built into Garrard’s approach to the production.

Before filming, the director gave Agudong a list of horror classics to watch so she could become familiar with the conventions the movie intended to push and exaggerate.

Rather than avoiding familiar slasher clichés, Buzzkill embraces them and attempts to take them in more absurd directions.

Agudong said that freedom to experiment became one of the most enjoyable aspects of the production, with Garrard allowing the performers considerable room to play with the material.

Now that the finished film is preparing to reach viewers, the actress compared its release to sharing the cast’s private jokes with a much larger circle of people.

Jem Garrard wanted a very different kind of “final girl”

For Garrard, one of the attractions of Suzanne Keilly’s screenplay was its unconventional approach to the slasher genre.

Nora does not necessarily possess the qualities audiences might expect from the character destined to confront a killer. She struggles, makes poor decisions and is ill-equipped for the circumstances surrounding her.

Yet Garrard believes those weaknesses are precisely what make the character easy to root for.

The director also praised Agudong’s comic instincts and the heart she brought to Nora, while highlighting the different personalities within the wider ensemble.

That dysfunctional sorority dynamic appears set to become an important part of the movie’s identity, allowing the comedy between the characters to exist alongside the escalating threat surrounding them.

Buzzkill Premiere Date and First Look Revealed by Tubi

Siena Agudong, Brec Bassinger and Aliyah’s Interlude lead the cast

Agudong arrives in Buzzkill following her work in Sidelined: The QB and Me and its sequel.

She is joined by Brec Bassinger, whose credits include Final Destination: Bloodlines, and Aliyah’s Interlude, who appeared in English Teacher.

Behind the camera, Garrard brings previous horror experience from R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead, while screenwriter Suzanne Keilly previously worked on Slumber Party Massacre.

The combination is fitting for a project that wants to understand slasher conventions well enough to deliberately twist them.

Buzzkill joins Tubi’s growing horror lineup

The film will also become part of Tubi’s expanding commitment to horror programming. The streamer recently announced that its Terror on Tubi collection is becoming a year-round destination rather than remaining purely seasonal, with Buzzkill among the new Tubi Originals highlighted for the fall lineup.

According to Tubi, viewers stream more than 53 million hours of horror on the platform each month, while its horror catalog encompasses more than 13,000 hours of programming.

For Buzzkill, however, the attraction lies in something considerably more specific: a dysfunctional group of sorority sisters, a murderer closing in and a heroine who may have to keep drinking if she wants to remember the clues that could keep everyone alive.

Buzzkill premieres September 25 on Tubi.