Thank you.
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Here is a film that is probably done a disservice by being placed into a specific genre as I'd imagine it would put expectations on the viewer. Each act of the film feels drastically different even though it's telling the same story, but it gives you an idea of how unhinged the film is while being technically proficient.

Ben Wheatley's second feature film starts out as a couple's drama that is on the edge of disaster which then delves into something more sinister and disturbing. There is very little exposition given during the entire film which works for the most part towards creating an incredible unease throughout the movie.

While I'm not sure how I feel…

You haven't experienced this bizarre beast until you've watched it on blu-ray, on a big-ass TV, with the volume pumped up to 100. Fucking terrifying.

Never before has a film buried itself so deeply under my skin. And what makes it even more disturbing is the fact that I have no idea why. Similar to my reaction to the ending of DON'T LOOK NOW, this movie fucks you in the ear with a bloody strap-on for reasons you can't quite understand. And I loved every second of it. Fuck my ear, KILL LIST. Fuck it good.

Some people complain that this film contains no sympathetic characters. Well, uh, neither did THERE WILL BE BLOOD, but that's hailed as a masterpiece…

And the Oscar for best use of a hammer goes to...

If you've seen this film you know what I mean by the above statement. I decided to watch this today because my plans to see Skyfall were foiled by a sold out Imax theater. It's been on my watchlist for awhile and I've been curious about it because it's one of the more polarizing films here on Letterboxd. I tend to like films with fucked up stories so I felt I may like it. Well I found things to like about it, but at the same time I had felt there were just too many issues for me to really enjoy it. The story was interesting, the acting was…

Kill List went across my screen twice today. Really, two watches is almost a minimum with this one. The edges of the plot here are so jagged that you don't know whether you missed something or if it's just part of the open questions. That's a risky game for any filmmaker to play but it payed off in this case. Watching it turns out to be a little like being lost in the woods only you don't know you're lost until you get out.

Forged out of half a dozen genres, the spinning takes a little getting used to, but you'll probably come out glad you took the ride. The most interesting thing about it was how all of the…

Thank you.
-Repeated Line

Here is a film that is probably done a disservice by being placed into a specific genre as I'd imagine it would put expectations on the viewer. Each act of the film feels drastically different even though it's telling the same story, but it gives you an idea of how unhinged the film is while being technically proficient.

Ben Wheatley's second feature film starts out as a couple's drama that is on the edge of disaster which then delves into something more sinister and disturbing. There is very little exposition given during the entire film which works for the most part towards creating an incredible unease throughout the movie.

While I'm not sure how I feel…

Review from my VOD column "This Week on Demand"

Ideally timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Sightseers this week, the arrival of director Ben Wheatley’s Kill List on Netflix is sure to extend his considerable cult fandom yet further. By far one of the most effectively oppressive horror films released in recent years, it takes its cues from British social realism before exploding in a torrent of terror that, somehow, sustains itself across the following 90 minutes. The haunting glare of lead Neil Maskell is paramount to this effect, as is to the transfixing combination of eerie sound design and striking cinematography Wheatley conducts to assault our senses at every step. Featuring explosions of extemporaneous violence frightening enough…