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Enys Men 2022
Like SKINAMARINK and THE OUTWATERS, Mark Jenkin’s ENYS MEN eschews the three-act linear narrative to create an “experience” as opposed to a traditional story.
“Enys Men” means “stone island” in Cornish and many horror viewers will find this movie as impenetrable as the rocky landscape. It offers no answers, and little narrative thrust, using images and time shifts to compel viewers to find connections that work for them. ENYS MEN purports to take place in 1973 and it does get…Translated from by -
Suitable Flesh 2023
Joe Lynch’s loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1933 story, “The Thing on the Doorstep,” is more a celebration of the late Stuart Gordon’s subversive horror-camp style than anything else. Heather Graham and Barbara Crampton have a grand old time playing psychologists at the famed Miskatonic Institute, where Graham comes into contact with a patient who may be having a seriously out of control out-of-body experience. The movie is wonderfully kinky, thanks to twisting the original story premise into a villain…
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The Exorcist: Believer 2023
I thought the first half of this film was pretty good, although I thought that it bared closer resemblances to Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s 2012 HERE COMES THE DEVIL than it does THE EXORCIST. The disappearance of two teen girls who walk into the woods near their high school is a great introduction to a dread-soaked first act, and David Gordon Green keeps the clumsy missteps to a minimum (although the pop-up demon faces edited into scenes remind one all-too-much of…
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In My Mother's Skin 2023
A dark horror story dressed up as a fairy tale, this follows an aristocratic Philippine family during the Japanese occupation in WWII as food runs out and they are forgotten by the warring nations. As revolt rises, the father leaves the plantation to become a traitor with the Japanese and the mother succumbs to TB. Cue the appearance of gods in the jungle to tempt the young daughter to strike a deal to save the family. Of course, gods aren’t…
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