If this was a 90 minutes long 50's film it'd be a masterpiece. I don't mean to say that it's somehow outdated, but that the execution has such a generic modern movie feel to it, it'd be much, much better if it was executed like a generic movie from over 70 years ago. Nothing fancy, just the kind of classic blocking and shot composition films used to go for automatically, instead of the kind movies go for automatically now.
The…
Ok, so instead of weaving the themes they'd like to explore through a tight script featuring actual characters in a fully realized world, they decided to turn this short into a movie about moviemaking where the team behind it just comes out and attempts to explain out loud their vague intentions behind the project.
Lazy. Very lazy. I'm kind of pissed, because the opening promised something fun and stylized (something most of these finnish shorts aren't). Self-aware fourth wall breaking isn't some kind of shortcut to good storytelling, people. Disappointing.
Terrifier is the unlikely success story of the decade. What started as a sleazy low budget slasher flick, where the non-plot is just an excuse to showcase impressive practical gore effects, is now a mainstream phenomenon. The third part is not only topping the box office, it has an overall positive critical reception as well. Everybody is confused.
Movies like this are supposed to be dumped and forgotten on VOD. At the very least they’re supposed to get the big…
F.W. Murnau’s Faust starts and ends as a masterpiece of German expressionism. The special effects are excellent: the sets, the costumes, the miniatures, the smoke and lights on top of all the well blocked images make for a grand gothic experience you’re not going to get from many other places. It’s one of those films you finally watch and then wonder why you didn’t sooner. It’s a spectacle for the eyes.
But as Faust eventually succumbs to the demon Mephisto's…
