Actress Madelaine Petsch became a household name thanks to her role as Cheryl Blossom in Riverdale (which is streaming with a Netflix subscription). She’s been keeping busy in the years since the Riverdale series finale aired, in film projects that span multiple genres. Funny enough, her horror sequel the Strangers – Chapter 2 hit theaters just a week and change before her new rom-com Maintenance Required was released for those with an Amazon Prime subscription. And she spoke to CinemaBlend about the challenge and joy of promoting these two very different movies at the same time.
Critics were mixed on The Strangers Chapter 2, but her role in the franchise is cementing Petsch as a bonafide scream queen. But only a week and a half its release she’s promoting the rom-com Maintenance Required, which is out now on Amazon. As you can see in the video above, I asked the 31 year-old actress/producer about what it’s been like to have these two very different projects come out at essentially the same time. She told me:
There are moments where I, like this morning when I got to the Amazon studios, I was like, ‘Okay, this is a rom-com. You weren’t just being chased by masked killers. Your love interest is a person. He’s not dead, His name is Beau.’ I had to like, kind of remind myself about the film. Just because we just finished press for it.
upcoming horror movie The Strangers – Chapter 3. We’ll just have to wait and see if that threequel also arrives at the same time as another Madelaine Petsch movie. The actress certainly doesn’t seem opposed to this process.
The Strangers – Chapter 2 is in theaters now and Maintenance Required is on Amazon as part of the 2025 movie release list. Go forth and make that double feature happen, you cowards!