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Thirteen-year-old Sprout Grady grows convinced that a monster is haunting the nearby woods. Embarking on a mission to vanquish it, she uncovers horrifying secrets that rock the core of everything she thought she knew.
Between the Darkness
2019 Directed by Andres Rovira
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With its woodland setting, outdated religious beliefs, focus on young siblings, and a supernatural presence which may or may not be connected to a teenage girl's burgeoning sexuality, Between the Darkness is like The VVitch transposed to the present day. The father of the family even has an unusually booming voice like the one in The VVitch, though in this case that's only because of some dreadful ADR in certain scenes.
He is Roy, a hippie-ish hermit of a man, who for reasons that are barely explained, has brought his kids up to believe in the gods and monsters of ancient Greek mythology. Following the deaths of his wife and eldest daughter, he's relocated the family to the countryside, where…
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If someone purposely set out to make a film designed for A24, but they passed and made the movie on smaller means anyways, this would probably be that movie. It aims for the hallmarks of the recent years of nu-classics that A24 has distributed, right down to the constant use of handheld cam and dreamy atmosphere. It does offer up good performances, though marred by shitty ADR that's incredibly noticeable, as well as a unique take on religion that you don't see too often, mixed in with old standby tropes of blooming sexuality and overbearing parents. It all combines into something that's quite fascinating to watch, even if everything's just a few shades too pale to really fire on all cylinders.
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Cuban/American filmmaker(/the film's director,writer,and editor) Andres Rovira makesh is filmmaking debut with this backwoods family set thriller that has a tween gal(Nicole Moorea Sherman[]THE QUEEN'S CORGI) who is having a coming-of-age dilemma with her budding sexuality while living with her pagan-esque Greek god believing father(the film's co-producer] Lew Temple[ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD,THE ENDLESS]) and her younger brother(Tate Birchmore[PEPPERMINT,PAINKILLERS]) while emotionally recovering from the recent deaths of her mother and her older sister(Daniela Leon[LUNA,FATHOM]). As Temple romances a local park ranger(Danielle Harris[HALLOWEEN{2007},THE LAST BOY SCOUT]),Sherman works on dealing with her tweenhood and outgrowing her father's beliefs in Greek gods while learning the shocking truth behind the mother's and her sister's deaths.
Originally filmed as COME,SAID THE NIGHT, BETWEEN THE…
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I liked the direction this was going but then I figured out what was going to happen and I lost interest - I don't mind predictable if the journey is interesting and it makes sense in its own context. I loved the first monster glimpse, a pumpkinhead feel to it which is always gonna work for me, and the surrounding is beautiful. It just lacks any kind of identity really but I'd probably consider a rewatch in case I unintentionally poopooed it after figuring it out. Also, Danielle Harris is in it which is another reason to rewatch.
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I’m biased cause I worked on the film but felt like we got a lot out of a crazy 10 day shoot. That being said the film feels a bit like it’s a first time filmmaker. Some ideas are not fully paid off and the mythos it sets up isn’t fully delivered on. Some engaging performances by Lew Temple and Nicole Sherman. Be interested to see where Andy Rovira could take a film with proper shoot schedule and more money involved.
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Forgot to log this when I originally watched it last year... logging it now (4/9). Was able to figure out the day I watched it by email chains, haha. I am such a nerd.
PS. Cool little film. Check out this coverage:
farsightedblog.com/podcast/human-flesh-killing-your-parents-faith-and-spirituality-with-andy-rovira/