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Trailer for A24 slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies features new track by Charli XCX

The thriller is reported to feature a game based on a real-life version of Cluedo

A new trailer for A24’s slasher-comedy, Bodies Bodies Bodies, has just dropped - and it's full of new Charli XCX and bouncy hip hop.

The new film, which stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, and Pete Davidson, follows a group of 20-somethings as they arrange a hurricane party in a secluded family house.

The group starts playing Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, a game similar to IRL Cluedo in which one person pretends to kill another while the others try to figure out who did it.

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As you would expect, things can get pretty rowdy and tensions can flare up-and it won't be long before a genuine killer is on the loose.

The trailer, which features a piece of original music by Charli XCX 'Hot Girl', depicts a party that quickly escalates from slapping to weeping to a full-fledged murder mystery, as friends turn on one other.

Over a pounding 808 bass line, Charli raps: “I’m a hot girl, pop girl, rich girl…You just wanna be me…I’m a hot girl and I come in different flavours…The neighbours…”

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Tailored to a Gen Z audience, the trailer is laced with buzzwords such as 'gaslighting', 'toxicity' and 'you trigger me'.

Halina Reijn directs the film, which was based on a screenplay written by Sarah DeLappe and a story written by Kristen Roupenian.

Bodies Bodies Bodies will be out in cinemas this summer. Watch the trailer below.

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Aneesa Ahmed is Mixmag's Digital Intern, follow her on Twitter