This is a difficult film for me to review, it hit so hard and so well that I’m struggling to find words.
Joyland is messy, but in the most beautiful way. It captures something about human experience and interaction that no other film I’ve watched has done successfully. Joyland explores a intersectionality of race, gender, sexuality, family, culture, religion and so many more things that are important to human beings. How following one of these can help influence everyone around you,…
Save yourself the trouble and don’t watch this flaming piece of garbage.
Genuinely didn’t think this could be worse than the first film but somehow it miraculously was.
The first film seemed to lean into the absurdity of the concept and that gave it an entertaining edge. This film however, took itself too seriously and went nowhere with it. I guessed the ‘twist’ (if you can even call it that) within the first 25 minutes.
When you start a film…
A little hidden gem recommended by a friend. The Borderlands was a fantastic piece of religious themed found footage horror.
The use of darkness was unnerving throughout the film, pensive lingering shots had you scanning for some movement or activity. Strangely enough there was a point where I was more scared about what was going to happen outside the church than inside the church, a novel subversion of expectations.
The character work from the actors was really good too, I knew immediately the type of person each character was before they even spoke a lot of the time.
RIP sheepy
Not a lot of horror films actively scare me now, after over a decade of loving horror. The Ritual however broke this trend.
The cinematography was on point with so many subtle details that brought the whole thing together. The suspense was outstanding, it didn’t resort to jump scares and the story and setting were captivating.
I found myself constantly scanning the background of the film for the entity and for other clues. The design of the entity is so…
