It stars Kiah McKirnan, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach, Casimere Jollette, Tim Hopper, Josh Bywater, Chris Lowell and Alicia Silverstone.

[4][5] Reeder and her crew shot Perpetrator in Chicago during March 2022, which she described as "a miserable time to shoot a film, but we got beautiful footage.

The website's consensus reads: "A smartly ambitious supernatural thriller, Perpetrator blends an assortment of genres and influences into a bloody good time.

"[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

[13] Jessica Kiang reviewing at Berlin Film Festival, for Variety wrote, "The tonal uncertainty is hardly helped by an arch performance style that too often strays closer to play-acting than acting — an impression enhanced by the disparity in age between much of the principal cast and the teenagers they’re playing.