Samara Weaving is a certified Scream Queen. Although she’s had impactful roles in dramas, comedies (“Bill & Ted Face the Music”), period pieces (“Chevalier”) and even starred in the Aussie soap opera “Home and Away,” she always returns to genre films. From early roles in “Mayhem” and “The Babysitter” to memorable recent turns in “Scream VI” and “Azrael,” Weaving is a frequent highlight of dark projects, able to match both comedic tones and deadly serious narratives.

“Borderline,” in theaters Friday via Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing, finds Weaving in an irreverent mode. The film, written and directed by her husband Jimmy Warden, stars Ray Nicholson as Duerson, an obsessive fan of ’90s pop star Sofia, played by Weaving. Convinced the pair are destined to get married, the deluded Duerson breaks into Sofia’s house with hopes of sweeping her off her feet. As Sofia tries to escape, the cat-and-mouse game between...