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Trailer for teen body horror Slanted starring Shirley Chen and Mckenna Grace

February 19, 2026 by Amie Cranswick

Bleecker Street has shared a poster and trailer for Slanted, the upcoming body horror from writer-director Amy Wang.

The film centres on Joan, a Chinese American teenager with dreams of becoming prom queen, who undergoes surgery at a mysterious cosmetic clinic to change her ethnicity in hope of becoming popular, but her new white, blonde identity comes at a cost.

The cast includes Shirley Chen, Mckenna Grace, Vivian Wu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Amelie Zilber, Fang Du, Elaine Hendrix, and R. Keith Harris. Watch the trailer below…

Joan Huang idolizes the popular girls and dreams of being prom queen, but fears the only way to win is to look like all the past queens whose portraits line her high school halls. Enter Ethnos: a mysterious cosmetic surgery clinic that makes people of color appear white. Joan undergoes the procedure and wakes up a beautiful blonde destined for the crown, but at what cost? 

Slanted arrives in cinemas on March 13th.

 

Originally published February 19, 2026. Updated February 18, 2026.

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Amelie Zilber, Amy Wang, Elaine Hendrix, Fang Du, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Mckenna Grace, R. Keith Harris, Shirley Chen, Slanted, Vivian Wu

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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