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Gwledd (2021)
Excellent
This is a great arthouse horror flick for genre fans. The tidy 90 minute runtime is excellently maximized; the slow, strange first act could have been moved along a little quicker but even when it does so slowly the film uses every minute to unravel the story. Some truly gnarly visuals and a plot that is just enough to wrap your head around.
They/Them (2022)
Other reviewers being way too harsh
This is no Citizen Kane, but I found it to be a pleasant watch. Why can't the queer community have our own mediocre, formulaic slasher? Some unexpected twists, great performances across the board, and it's imaginative in its usage of conversion camps in the horror genre. Don't expect Oscar quality and you'll have fun watching.
Saint Maud (2019)
Wowsers this is some high quality spook!
I'm a sucker for the A24 "Elevated Horror" style of films and this one delivers hardcore. Extremely visceral, gorgeous, and mysterious. The themes of trauma, religion, coping with death, all wonderfully handled. Richly complex characters I loved watching. This one is def going in the rewatch queue.
Dýrið (2021)
Stunning and enjoyable
Visually this film is a feast: the sweeping bucolic landscape, dreary hues, and extremely thoughtfully used vfx. As far as classic "spooks" go this one doesn't have many, but is a lovely, odd, thought-provoking film about maternal & paternal love and loss.
Dark Places (2015)
Another disappointed book reader
Cruised through Gillian Flynn's original page-turner and was super excited to see there was a film adaptation. This plot-heavy story did not translate well to the big screen, either due to the stodgy direction, Charlize Theron's disconnected lead performance, or just not being a super film-friendly story. Maybe it's me re: Charlize because other critics seemed to really enjoy her performance, but for me Libby reads as someone who chooses hostile disengagement with her trauma with varying success; Theron's performance just seemed so flat and deadpan. Also the satanic ritual scene was goofy but it was in the book too.
Alone (2020)
Ambitious in a way only mid-tier indie films are
Ok, I watched this movie weeks ago and to their credit I haven't stopped thinking about it since. It is just such a wild ride: from the half-baked plot, introduction of an entirely new set of protagonists halfway through the movie, obvious overdubbing they clearly recorded in a studio in post-production, and the heavy-handed message about motherhood I STILL can't figure out...man this was a gem. Recommended for fans of the wonderful world of mid.
Antlers (2021)
Dead center of the road
The opening text had me thinking "aw man, is this just another 'hubris awakens wrath from magical indigenous spookies' movie" and sadly it was. Dude accidentally encounters ancient malevolent spirit, there's something spooky going on, so they enlist the expertise of the token indigenous person to tell them their ancestral lore, cops don't believe it until it's too late. Speaking positively, the gorgeous practical effects, sound design, and the focus on a child's perspective navigating a lonely and desperate situation are all worthy of praise. However, the whole "man gonna pay for ravaging mother earth by facing the wrath of mystical spirits that only the disenfranchised understand" thing is way too tired a thesis for this to feel groundbreaking in any way. Decent horror if you're down with rewatching the plot of 20% of all horror movies.
LuLaRich (2021)
The years-long wait was so worth it
I've long been an avid viewer from afar of the Lularoe chaos. Huge fan of cults, MLMs, that kinda jazz. LLR is the creme de la creme of culty pyramid schemes and watching them squirm when faced with consequences for their greed is so gratifying. Highly recommend to all--from people like me who have a weird obsession with this kind of thing, to people who don't know much about the predatory MLM business model, to people who are in MLMs themselves. GET OUT, GIRL.