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The Humans 2021
This movie isn't a horror film, but it does portray the creeping agony of unresolved trauma and the lingering effects it can have on an entire family even in the most seemingly mundane moments, with one of the most effective final acts that uses light and shadow, noise and silence so disarmingly well.
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Monsters Club 2011
Upon first glance, this film seems to be about a serial killer with an anti-establishment manifesto and may seem centered upon his most recent slayers. But that would be a wrong assumption, Monster’s Club is if anything, a philosophical and cultural manifesto that is appropriately Japanese. There is quite a bit of navel-gazing in this film, while we watch Ryoichi who has already removed himself from society, turn darker and deeper into himself and his misery, reminiscing about his dead…
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12 Years a Slave 2013
I was surprised how thoughtfully shot and staged each scene was. From the beauty of the swamps and planration grounds to the dark, sharp and painful tearing of flesh. Nature is at once freeing and constrictive, because there is no true escape from cruelty in this film. Every character is carefully rendered and nobody is a stereotype. These are fleshed out beings, whether good or bad. I waited to see this so I could do it alone, weigh my own thoughts and basically weep.