I have largely grown tired of the Musicians Biopic as I feel they are so often just uninspired and nearly paint by the numbers at this point. So this is one I was not entirely interested in seeing and may not have gone out to see it if not for the reception being so positive.
Also I either missed, or forgot that James Mangold directed this, as the movie came to a close and I had REALLY enjoyed it his…
Man oh man am I a sucker for a possession flick. Also this is one that had a lot of hype and I was PISSED that it seemingly only played at my theater for like a week. Because of all of this I gave it the honored spot of my Halloween night movie, little did I know it actually takes place on Halloween night so that is fun.
This movie was incredible though, definitely lived up to the hype. There…
This one has its horror elements here and there but overall felt a bit more of a psychological thriller. That aside it was pretty good at just feeling unsettling the entire time.
The fear through most of it was not even from the supernatural things but from just the living breathing men. You definitely feel the hopelessness of these ladies in a repressive patriarchal society.
I thought it was a good parable and good movie overall, and I rated it as such, but as far as for this marathon of horror movies probably not one I would suggest as a horror.
I think if I had not seen The Witch I might be a lot more perplexed by this film but having seen The Witch I can say this is totally Robert Eggers.
What an experience. Pretty much pure psychological horror and an incredibly well executed decent into madness. Honestly just fell like a non-cliché depiction of hell.
As good as Eggers has proven I think this film would have entirely fallen apart without brilliant actors, but no concern there because…
