James Woods sticks a PPK in his stomachussy and this still isn't even the weirdest Cronenberg film
It's the type of movie you love, but it also makes you hate how much you love movies and just having a screen stuck in your face all the time with ever increasing violence and sexual ads and content becoming normalized
I think the groups in the film were really thought out and put together as well with their motivations for past present…
"Ok so we have this scene where the protagonist is escaping through a window and crawling down the side of an 18th century building, do you think we should have some sort of dark dramatic sound?"
Argento: yeah I'm gonna need a 30 second kazoo solo followed by the slickest bass riff and drum fills from 1975 to come in over the top of this at 3000% audio
They had Goblin work in an instrumental BOING sound effect during the score for a jumpscare with the corpse falling out of a wardrobe 😭 Goblin had the coolest gigs in the world
Oh lord, I have never been so wrong about watching a movie based on it's letterboxd summary. I thought this was going to be some sort of early Warm Bodies, or a weird romantic take on Weekend at Bernies.
Nope, straight up Troll 2 Italian gore sleeze…
Rituals, soul transferring, demons, and a very biting case of intrusive thoughts gone wrong.
Feels like one of those movies new generation horror fans are going to have core memories around certain scenes. Even if it's not everyone's favorite flavor.
Sally Hawkins and the entire family carry the non gruesome portions of this film, with her best acting even above The Shape of Water imo. And please make sure Jonah Wren Phillips is doing alright. My boy went through some things here 💀
They need to decomission the penny already
These movies hit so much harder when they're spaced apart more than a few years imo. Idk if it's a fatigue from watching them all so close back-to-back that maybe desensitized my reaction to the sudden deaths and the twists of what would kill them at the right moment. Bloodlines twists felt a lot more on point and fun while losing just enough of the predictability to keep you on edge. That entire…
