I can’t stop thinking about this. Braid is a psychedelic horror film about three young women and their bonds to each other, set in a baroque mansion in Yonkers. It’s written and directed by a woman, and it’s an unbeatable point in the argument that having more female and diverse voices in horror cinema would result in wild stories that use genre in innovative ways. PLEASE. I’m so BORED and I NEED MORE OF BRAID.
Bright beautiful colors, an extremely…
After the Regan crab walk down the stairs, a woman walked out of the theater repeating “SHIT. JESUS CHRIST.”
This film is 45 years old.
Cruel and pointless. Just how I want it. I want it so bad. Feels like it’s been a bit since the last bleak and bloody mainstream horror release that wants to fuck you up but has some artistry to it. So I’m very excited by this. I love the shot composition. The performances really sell the horror, because I like and believe these regular people. And then... it’s so, so mean.
Christina Hendricks, I love you! Thank you for being…
Alamo Drafthouse New Mission, theater 5! I love theater 5!
Had Raw been released when I was 14 years old and first developing my relationship with horror, this would have been huge for me. Girls in college, cannibalism, death, France. But coming to it now, as my current me, I find this film frustrating. The imagery is fantastic, but tonally Raw is all over, never settling on a stride, and there's so many themes I'm not sure what to focus…
