Impetigore

I have to say I’m a bit disappointed after watching Joko Anwar’s newest film Ghost in the Cell as compared to that and while still being a competent enough horror film, Impetigore feels overly complex, relatively standard, and kind of shallow. It comes across as a pretty standard curse movie with a glimmer of good themes to latch onto, but then all of the nuance and subtlety is thrown out the window after a seemingly endless, almost unnecessary backstory is shown to us. Personally, I prefer vague horror movies that keep the explanations of whatever horror at a distance, whereas in this movie it makes it a point to explain to the audience every single detail regarding the curse. It’s not all bad though, it feels like a cleanly shot and precise movie, similar to some of the James Wan horror films it’s just not what I was expecting-I guess I wanted something a bit more over the top if the film wanted to go this route.