(a lot of people reviewing here are a bunch of weirdos.they are only talking about erika's body or about the sex scenes. Yes,erika is beautiful and the movie focus a lot on beauty&sex but going on here just to talk about how sexy an actress is instead of properly reviewing is so weird)
it's been so long since i've watched the movie but i'll do my best: "helter skelter" is based on a manga with the same name. In my perspective, the manga and the movie complement each other really well,and it's better for the viewer to read the manga first to understant this.the manga explains some topics about the story that the movie fails to even mention,but these topics make the story so much deep.
'my favorite film about the movie is how it is captured: considering aesthetics ONLY(not the plot), this is my favorite movie.all of the scenes are so beautiful,they please my personal taste so much,yet they're full of shocking,sexual or grotesque scenes.this movie explains it's main topic (the horror side of beauty) not only by storytelling,but visually.
'liliko is a selfish,sadistic and beautiful main caracther that is slowly losing her sanity.she knows that beauty plays a huge role in society and her beauty alone gives her power and influence over those around her.that's why she's so paranoid about being "replaced", because that's how society works: "it girls", trends,magazines,movies,everything is replaced and forgotten,and a girl like liliko only stays for a few years (if lucky).liliko is slowly losing her power and admiration for another fresh new face,another fresh new trend.
'and of course,the main caracther faces problems that are also common in the industry: abused by her manager,controlled and forced to be a puppet for this industry.they give liliko forced medicine to make her fall in line.and than,after used and abused,she's descarted.so liliko's drive to be sadistic and control everyone around her, her urge to not be forgotten comes from the situation that is happeing with her and her mental illness.even thought she's cruel and manipulative,in the end of the day she's the one being controlled.
'plus,i love how helter skelter really shows the parasocial relationship between beauty queens e "normal" girls: when liliko lies about her plastic surgeries,the girls complain about never being like her,the beauty standard.but when liliko falls, the girls make fun of liliko.(all of this while showing shots of beauty products,beauty magazines,and the girls shopping).this hypocrisy in girlhood is so normal,and people never talk about this-but this movie showed this perfectly,yet in a subtle way.
'i think this movie talks about problems related to the female archetype,and this movie does a beautiful job talking about it,but i'll still give it a 7/10 because the movie is still very incomplete and half tells the story, most people wound't enjoy it (and they're right about it) and again,i'm writing from the POV of someone that read and watched both the manga and the movie.
it's been so long since i've watched the movie but i'll do my best: "helter skelter" is based on a manga with the same name. In my perspective, the manga and the movie complement each other really well,and it's better for the viewer to read the manga first to understant this.the manga explains some topics about the story that the movie fails to even mention,but these topics make the story so much deep.
'my favorite film about the movie is how it is captured: considering aesthetics ONLY(not the plot), this is my favorite movie.all of the scenes are so beautiful,they please my personal taste so much,yet they're full of shocking,sexual or grotesque scenes.this movie explains it's main topic (the horror side of beauty) not only by storytelling,but visually.
'liliko is a selfish,sadistic and beautiful main caracther that is slowly losing her sanity.she knows that beauty plays a huge role in society and her beauty alone gives her power and influence over those around her.that's why she's so paranoid about being "replaced", because that's how society works: "it girls", trends,magazines,movies,everything is replaced and forgotten,and a girl like liliko only stays for a few years (if lucky).liliko is slowly losing her power and admiration for another fresh new face,another fresh new trend.
'and of course,the main caracther faces problems that are also common in the industry: abused by her manager,controlled and forced to be a puppet for this industry.they give liliko forced medicine to make her fall in line.and than,after used and abused,she's descarted.so liliko's drive to be sadistic and control everyone around her, her urge to not be forgotten comes from the situation that is happeing with her and her mental illness.even thought she's cruel and manipulative,in the end of the day she's the one being controlled.
'plus,i love how helter skelter really shows the parasocial relationship between beauty queens e "normal" girls: when liliko lies about her plastic surgeries,the girls complain about never being like her,the beauty standard.but when liliko falls, the girls make fun of liliko.(all of this while showing shots of beauty products,beauty magazines,and the girls shopping).this hypocrisy in girlhood is so normal,and people never talk about this-but this movie showed this perfectly,yet in a subtle way.
'i think this movie talks about problems related to the female archetype,and this movie does a beautiful job talking about it,but i'll still give it a 7/10 because the movie is still very incomplete and half tells the story, most people wound't enjoy it (and they're right about it) and again,i'm writing from the POV of someone that read and watched both the manga and the movie.