I went into Borderline with cautious curiosity and rock-bottom expectations. And yet, to my surprise, I had a blast. Why? Well, let’s say it had a lot to do with the movie itself - and a little to do with the way it wasn’t marketed as The Next Big Horror Sensation.
Unlike “The Monkey” (which had the full-blown hype machine behind it), “Borderline” quietly made its way into 2025’s lineup without setting itself up for impossible expectations. And honestly? That…
South American cinema has never been afraid to confront its political and social realities, and in recent years, its reach has extended far beyond its borders.
Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante (La Llorona) continues this tradition with “Rita,” a harrowing and visually stunning dark-fantasy-horror that draws inspiration from the real-life tragedy of 2017, in which 41 girls perished in a fire at a state-run orphanage.
Rather than presenting a straightforward dramatization, Bustamante weaves horror and fantasy into the fabric of this true story, creating a deeply unsettling and emotionally raw experience.
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🇬🇧 WTF is this??? How do you take an incredible movie and turn it into a comedy-horror, stripping away all its depth for the sake of a shallow audience that only focuses on surface-level entertainment, and It completely loses its original meaning?
A total time-waister.
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🇮🇹 Ma che schifezza è? Come si fa a prendere un gran bel film e trasformarlo in una commedia-horror, privandolo di tutta la sua profondità, a favore di un pubblico superficiale che ricerca puro ed unico intrattenimento, andando a perdere completamente il suo significato originale?
Una totale perdita di tempo.
🇬🇧 Along the lines of Raw that wants to chase Cronenberg, but sfaills all its intention.
A film that wants to tell us about the difficult step from teenagehood to being a woman.
Between feminism and misogyny, a portrait of a society that wants us young, beautiful, and attractive. Too bad the film is somewhat confusing and full of rhetoric that ends up with boredom, leaving nothing to be discussed.
These movies about how difficult it is to be a…
