There are some very solid jokes, gags, and scene transitions (not to mention an important environmental message and ahead of its time embrace of gender fluidity.) Unfortunately, there are some things that didn’t age well like some casual S.A. So I couldn’t in good conscience rate it a 5.

I can’t see giving this brilliant work of art anything less than 5 stars.

Southern Gothic, homophobic horror with more than a sprinkling of religious trauma. Beautifully shot and scored. What makes this film very special is that unlike many a film that falls into one or more of these themes, it has a hopeful ending.

It’s hard for me to say anything negative about this film. I loved it, but there are some elements that I can see may not be for everyone: the pacing is very deliberate and borders on slow, and everything is not tied up in a neat bow, such as, what exactly happened to the group, where Sonny and his daughter’s (and others’) powers came from, and what connected them all? But I didn’t need those answers; the film was beautifully shot, the score conveyed a sense of dread without being overbearing, and the narration of the relationship between Sonny and Hildie was sweet without being cloying.