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Penumbra not a bad little thriller one that's doesn't relie on plenty of going on just a slow burner that builds up very well reasonable acted and atmopshere etc only problem was the end result I'm not sure if I Actualy understood it.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Good occult thriller/black comedy
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[B-]
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I seriously don't even know what to say about this one. The first hour was charming enough, as it sort of had a Twin Peaks vibe, as we're introduced to tons of odd characters and weird black comedy that transitions out of nowhere. The horror starts in the final act, and it's competent enough...but then it just ends. No joke. We're given 60 minutes of mystery, then we see what the people that are hanging out in the house intend…
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A spanish woman who's inherited a property in Buenos Aires meets a realtor at the apartment to sign papers, but all is not what it seems...
I don't know how I feel about this one. I can't really say I was enjoying it at any point, but I was enjoying the feeling of not being sure just what was going to happen next. This had been described as a horror but more than anything the film seems intent on instilling…
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If Dario Argento mashed up Rosemary's Baby and House of the Devil with a little help from Pedro Almodovar. That's the best I got people.
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I liked it. Perhaps a low 4, but 3.5 seems untrue to my enjoyment of watching it. I know people dog the ending as being a let down, but it's not. Again, here's another recent watch that doesn't feel the need to take the end to a firecracker ending, and I feel it's better off for it. The mix of creepiness, humor and downright weirdness all work exceptionally well.
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35
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Nervy Argentinian occult thriller Penumbra jams on images and ideas from The Tenant, Repulsion and The Wicker Man. The ritual magic sequences can't match the intensity of other referential works like House of the Devil or Kill List, but there's a formula-reversal that'll surely please suckers for cartoon occultism. What differentiates this film is its smallness; in many ways Penumbra feels like an adapted stage-play, stuffed with dialog and utilizing only a few central spaces within a single Buenos Aires…
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A surprisingly comic thriller about a Spanish woman trying to rent our her apartment in Argentina, but coming afoul of locals and a mysterious man claiming to be an estate agent. Very entertaining, though it's not hard to see the climax coming in some ways...
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20 minutes of idea, stretched thin over 90 minutes. Some wonderful touches though.