Benzina

I keep being the negative Nancy about this film. At this point it's like the third or fourth time I watch it, and still it does absolutely **nothing **for me. And I say this as I cry ugly tears because yes, family drama getting unpacked *does* get me emotional, thank you very much. But first: let's dive deep into this one, shall we? I absolutely **love** Ari Aster as a director. The photography of some scenes is crazy good, it reminds me of Kubrick sometimes – and I *don't* say this lightly. I love the use of slightly unsaturated colors that get darker and darker the more we get to the core of the story. As it turns out, I really don't have anything to say against the artistic direction: Hereditary is, *indeed*, a cinematically beautiful movie. I will also forever praise Toni Colette's performance and the crazy range of expressions and emotions she manages to deliver in the span of ten minutes. ***Every*** ten minutes. So we can safely bet that the sour notes begin and end with the plot. I'll say it as simple as it comes: what. the. fuck? It starts pretty dramatic and it goes on like that for more than one hour – and it lasts two hours so, yeah. It goes on being a dramatic movie for the majority of the time. Then we have the last, I'd say, 45 minutes, where all the horror stuff happens. I'm talking séances and possessions and a full beat coven of crazy naked old people worshipping demons. I was, once again, **not** impressed by how it gets all thrown together at once. It almost feels like the director thought "shit, we're running out of time!" and casually decided to just go all out on the horror part in the ending. I must also say that I still cannot wrap my head around many aspects of Annie's behaviour towards her son, even if I take into account that she's a grieving mother who subconsciously blames her son for his sister's death. Sometimes I just felt like the director just went with what he thought a mother's grief *should* look like, but he ended up portraying it in kind of a grotesque, caricature-like way that I don't love. At the end of the day, I am convinced more than ever that Ari Aster is a great director, but he should definitely leave the writing to someone else.

I am genuinely so **baffled** that people don't like this but then rate Obsession 5/5 stars. It's the second time I watch this film and I'm still a fan. Not a *big *fan, but a fan nonetheless. I mean, we have a Doors loving demon, what's not to like there? Exorcism stories rarely do it for me; however, we should all acknowledge that “Deliver us from evil” gave us a pretty cool one. The whole film sets the atmosphere with some eerie shots and sounds that I kinda think are Derrickson's signature at this point; Eric Bana *delivered* - pun intended - quite the performance, the perfect face to portray a man eaten alive by guilt and ire. Sure, if you don't like crime films you definitely won't like this one: I would say it's still a supernatural horror, but first and foremost a thriller/crime; I understand that it's a bit slow and for a horror lover this can feel underwhelming, **but everything revolves around a crime investigation, **I feel it's only natural that it develops slowly. I personally appreciated the way the film took its sweet time to unfold the story, while also letting us understand the main characters better along the way. It's a slow burn that ends in a fucking blaze.

I might be partial to gothic horror, but *boy*, do I feel emotional right now. I can't remember the last time a horror film actually gave me chills and left me quite scared. It often happens that gothic films sacrifice their plot to the altar of an exquisite aesthetic: this wasn't the case for *The Woman in Black. * With some good jumpscares and a melancholic story as the *cause célèbre *for the whole film, I really believe it delivered that scary horror vibe that I've been desperately looking for in the past couple of years. Of course, I'm not saying it's a masterpiece; it *is, *however, an unusual gem if you love the genre; plus there's a clear homage to Mexican folklore that I personally loved. This film was la Llorona before la Llorona even came out.

I didn't remember Godzilla to be quite like this and spread North-Korea propaganda