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Evil Dead Trap 1988
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Overall, I enjoyed this as a supernatural giallo riff. It has the subgenre’s strengths and weaknesses. The deaths are inventive, well-staged, and effectively gruesome. It has a nice visual style and features striking imagery, the practical effects are strong, and it has a good eye for gruesome details (great job putting little teeth in the fetus's mouth at the end). The score is a little maddeningly repetitive at the start, but it grew on me (and, again, feels appropriate for…
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The Conversation 1974
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Given its reputation, it feels blasphemous to say it isn’t perfect. Revisiting it, I felt the same way I did after my first viewing: it’s really good but I don’t love it. It’s very 1970s - slow paced, mumbly, and mopey. Gene Hackman is great. He’s got a pathetic sadness to him, simultaneously reaching out for connection and driving people away. He sinks into himself despite his imposing frame and gives an effectively schlubby vibe. It’s a convincing portrait of…
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Oddity 2024
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It’s a great ghost film. The scares are genuinely good - both effective jump scares and extended creepy sequences. The house is a nice location and you have a coherent sense of the layout, so it’s easy to stay oriented. The nonlinear elements give a nice texture to the story without getting confusing. In general, it feels satisfying, in part because it’s full of Checkov’s guns that payoff nicely (including the final image). Strong acting as well, with Bracken having…
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Bye Bye Blue Bird 1999
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The novelty comes from the Faroe Islands setting, which is quite integral to the narrative. Part of the central joke seems to be that, while they appear to be traveling a great distance, they clearly aren’t because they keep running into the same people. The film manages to convey a sense of ambivalence about the islands; the landscapes can seem by turns bleak and lovely. The characters’ connection with the islands also gives them an interesting perspective, although I imagine…
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