Jun '17
This definitely threw me for a loop and wasn't at all what I was expecting.
Between this and "Get Out" from a few months earlier, I'd wager good, mainstream horror with a wide-release is still (somewhat) alive. The preview for Annabelle 2 might play against that theory, though (and I liked Annabelle.)
Anyway, it's a mood piece. There's a virus that's destroyed humanity but instead of witnessing what's happening in the world and exactly how devastating it is, we follow one family's plight. Holed up in the woods, the father has the difficult decision of letting another surviving family stay with his. Uneasiness and paranoia begin to set in.
It's definitely the type of movie that makes you wonder what's going to happen next. When the closing credits appeared, a collective "that's it?!" roared through the audience, the likes of which I haven't heard since seeing The Blair Witch Project.
The score was good too. Kind of reminded me of a more subtle Tangerine Dream.
Good movie. Different. Refreshing. Tense and well-made.
Between this and "Get Out" from a few months earlier, I'd wager good, mainstream horror with a wide-release is still (somewhat) alive. The preview for Annabelle 2 might play against that theory, though (and I liked Annabelle.)
Anyway, it's a mood piece. There's a virus that's destroyed humanity but instead of witnessing what's happening in the world and exactly how devastating it is, we follow one family's plight. Holed up in the woods, the father has the difficult decision of letting another surviving family stay with his. Uneasiness and paranoia begin to set in.
It's definitely the type of movie that makes you wonder what's going to happen next. When the closing credits appeared, a collective "that's it?!" roared through the audience, the likes of which I haven't heard since seeing The Blair Witch Project.
The score was good too. Kind of reminded me of a more subtle Tangerine Dream.
Good movie. Different. Refreshing. Tense and well-made.
Hey, speaking of Joel Edgerton (not exactly, but, you know what I mean) have you ever seen the animated short film The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello? It is one of my all time favorite things I have ever seen on Youtube. Joel E did the narration. It's sort of an elegant, steampunk version of an Alexander von Humboldt scientific journey... I seriously love this video, I share it with people all the time, I don't understand why it doesn't have 100 times as many views as it does. Supposedly the way the shadow figures move is based on a form of Indonesian puppet theater called Wayang Kulit.