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Superstar
My recent watches:
Rosemary's Baby
Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Session 9
Two classics and a new joint that I didn't love, but had some merits.
Rosemary's Baby:
I don't have to say too much, but I decided to peep this because of how much Immaculate gave me similar vibes. I forgot how patiently they build everything up, and how well they do with the creepy old folks. It's just a great film IMO, though it may be slow for some horror heads. I'd add that I think Rosemary's Baby and Immaculate make a PERFECT double-feature. They're very similar for three quarters of the run time, and then go in radically different directions.
Session 9:
I feel like this is slept on but not underrated. Horror heads that know about it all sing its praises, but I know a lot of people that have never heard of it since it's not as talked about as the big classics. It's another great example of building tension slowly but surely, and letting the setting be the real star of the show. The asylum is creepy as all hell, and feels like it's playing a role in things somehow...between the score, the recordings, and the setting; everything feels sinister. I'd have to really sit down to make a list of my top-ten favorite horror movies of all time, but I'm pretty sure this makes the cut.
Lovely Dark and Deep:
I think this a good movie that coulda been great. But the end goes so far down the trippy rabbit hole that it starts to feel incoherent before reeling everything back in right at the end. A woman becomes a county ranger, but she's really looking to solve a tragedy from her youth. It's basically a horror about how many people go missing in national forests. When it starts off, the weirdness and the setting do a ton of work. But the obscure style gets too confusing and incoherent for me. It ends up dragging in the middle, but the ending is solid enough.
Honestly, for a person losing their mind in the wilderness, I'd prefer Loop Track minus the wild reveal. Either way, this is a 6 out of 10 for me.
Rosemary's Baby
Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Session 9
Two classics and a new joint that I didn't love, but had some merits.
Rosemary's Baby:
I don't have to say too much, but I decided to peep this because of how much Immaculate gave me similar vibes. I forgot how patiently they build everything up, and how well they do with the creepy old folks. It's just a great film IMO, though it may be slow for some horror heads. I'd add that I think Rosemary's Baby and Immaculate make a PERFECT double-feature. They're very similar for three quarters of the run time, and then go in radically different directions.
Session 9:
I feel like this is slept on but not underrated. Horror heads that know about it all sing its praises, but I know a lot of people that have never heard of it since it's not as talked about as the big classics. It's another great example of building tension slowly but surely, and letting the setting be the real star of the show. The asylum is creepy as all hell, and feels like it's playing a role in things somehow...between the score, the recordings, and the setting; everything feels sinister. I'd have to really sit down to make a list of my top-ten favorite horror movies of all time, but I'm pretty sure this makes the cut.
Lovely Dark and Deep:
I think this a good movie that coulda been great. But the end goes so far down the trippy rabbit hole that it starts to feel incoherent before reeling everything back in right at the end. A woman becomes a county ranger, but she's really looking to solve a tragedy from her youth. It's basically a horror about how many people go missing in national forests. When it starts off, the weirdness and the setting do a ton of work. But the obscure style gets too confusing and incoherent for me. It ends up dragging in the middle, but the ending is solid enough.
Honestly, for a person losing their mind in the wilderness, I'd prefer Loop Track minus the wild reveal. Either way, this is a 6 out of 10 for me.
at the reveal
