Forbidden Fruits is a witty and cutting satire of performative sisterhood and the weaponization of girlboss. A masterpiece of pink horror, this film will delight any Gen Z and Millennial femmes that love the campy and the macabre.
Based on the 2019 stage play Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die by Lily Houghton, this movie—co-written by Houghton and director Meredith Alloway—tangles consumerism, internet culture, and WitchTok wellness into a sticky web of jealousy, femininity, and manipulation.
The film follows a coven of witches, all named after fruit, that work for a trendy high end store, Free Eden. When a new hire throws a wrench into their dynamic, tensions rise as their inner darkness starts to shine through to dangerous ends.
Starring the wonderful Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, and Lola Tung, this film is brimming with iconic aesthetics and delightfully eccentric comedic beats, sprinkling in moments of jaw dropping gruesomeness.
If you're craving more delicious takes on girlhood gone bad, here are 10 movies like Forbidden Fruits!
The Craft
Considering Forbidden Fruits was marketed as Mean Girls meets The Craft, adding the latter to the list seems like an obvious choice. This film obviously leans a lot more into the witchy vibes than Forbidden Fruits, but it doesn't sacrifice any of the cutthroat tensions amongst the group.
When Sarah Bailey (Robin Tunney) moves to LA, she settles in at her new school alongside a coven of witches. But when they start to mess with powers beyond their control, the consequences prove to be dire.
Lisa Frankenstein
Forbidden Fruits was produced by Diablo Cody, who has one of the most unique and cuttingly witty and feminine voices in horror. Lisa Frankenstein is the most recent horror flick written by her.
When a strange teenage girl, Lisa (Kathryn Newton) forms a bond with a corpse (Cole Sprouse) that has been brought back to life, the pair set off on a tirade of reinvention, retribution, and reclaiming body parts. And along the way, they might even find love.
Jennifer's Body
Another film written by Diablo Cody, Jennifer's Body was a horror-comedy before its time—though it has recently started to get its flowers and is soon due for a sequel.
When popular high schooler Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) becomes possessed in an occult ritual gone wrong, she starts to feed off of the teen boys' lusting after her. Now the only one who can stop her is her nerdy best friend, Needy Lesnicki (Amanda Seyfried).
Bodies Bodies Bodies
When a group of rich 20-something friends gets together for a hurricane party, their isolation turns deadly in the middle of a murder in the dark game. When one of them turns up dead for real, suspicions and and a fight for survival begin to tear the group apart.
Heathers
A satirical dark comedy, Heathers follows Veronica (Winona Ryder), a disillusioned teen girl navigating the cruelty of the popular kids at Westerburg High—the worst of which comes from her own clique. When she meets JD (Christian Slater), the new bad boy at school, their pushback against the status quo turns deadly.
The Loved Ones
When Lola (Robin McLeavy) asks Brent (Xavier Samuel) to the school formal, he declines her invitation. Unfortunately for him, he's kidnapped to a much more torturous party of Lola's own making.
The Neon Demon
Jesse (Elle Fanning) is a young aspiring model that's just moved to Los Angeles. As her youth and natural beauty cause waves of both adoration and jealousy, she's about to find out just how sinister the fashion industry really is.
Jawbreaker
When the most popular girls at Reagan High School play a prank on their friend for her birthday, they end up accidentally choking her to death with a jawbreaker candy. While some feel guilt, others will do anything it takes to cover up the crime.
Sissy
Lifestyle vlogger Cecilia (Aisha Dee) reconnects with her childhood friend, Emma (Hannah Barlow), for the latter's bachelorette party. But as Cecilia is thrown back in the path of her old bully, Alex (Emily De Margheriti), she develops an appetite for revenge.
Tragedy Girls
McKayla Hooper (Alexandra Shipp) and Sadie Cunningham (Brianna Hildebrand) are two misunderstood Midwestern high school girls who run a true crime blog. Obsessed with death and the fame that surrounds it, they will do absolutely anything to get more followers—even if it means doing the killing themselves.
