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 Obnoxious internet celebrities must fight for their lives while the entire world watches in Skillhouse, but the in-universe fanfare is incredible. Josh Stolberg writes and directs, but disappointingly, his script doesn't live up to career-making hits like Piranha 3D or Saw X. The haggard story, washed-out lighting, and lackluster performances are as off-putting as self-absorbed TikTok problem child star Bryce Hall, whose former content creator mansion, "The Sway House," also doubles as the titular Skill House. There are plenty of meta-parallels, given that Skillhouse inhabits a failing influencer haven, but it's a shallow, poorly told homicide fest that delivers nothing but cheap thrills without virality. The film stars Hall—famous for endangering lives by hosting COVID-19 lockdown parties and real-life assault charges—as a "fictionalized" version of his unsavory online persona, Carter Swick. Poor Carter is grieving after the gruesome murder of his bland si...