Saw it last night at a sold-out show at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre. Had a blast. Wholly original, hypnotic, brutal, beautiful, trippy, etc, etc, etc... everything you now expect from Panos Cosmatos.

Performances are fantastic. Andrea Riseborough is quickly becoming one of my faves.

See this on the big screen.

if this film were any more metal* they'd have to mine it out of the Earth before each screening.**

*yes it's me, the ultimate authority on what is and isn't metal / the kid who bought Metallica's "Reload" in 7th grade, listened to the first song a few times, and moved on to the dark recesses of emo without ever looking back.

**but seriously MANDY is super metal. delighted it exists. Andrea Riseborough and Nicolas Cage both give performances as good as any i've seen this year.

95

Lost my spine in the theater.

jesus fucking christ

Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s GHOST RIDER, scored with dronecore stoner metal. Paint this whole movie on the side of a fucking conversion van.

I really enjoyed how the chapters only got more intriguing! Some really Raw shots &  some intense sincere got me wanting more!

Beautifully Executed. Cinematography and Score were 👌🏼. 

Loved the cross over between real and mythical worlds. 

LSD is a hell of a drug.

Did not click well with me personally. Visually and audibly is pretty incredible and there isn't much to complain about there but the issues for me come from the actual substance of the film. The plot is drawn out for how simple it is and I feel like some scenes don't really add to it at all or are just put in to show off practical effects (which are well done) rather than move the story along. Panos Cosmatos does know what he's doing in the technical aspects of filmmaking which does make me excited for what he does next as I feel with a better script or way of storytelling he could have a real masterpiece on his hands. As for this film, I cant really recommend it.

everything about this is surprising and beautiful and nasty and is exactly what movies should be every time.

Wow. Don't watch it sober.

Dragged out to no great purpose, far too much for this kind of obvious-trajectory pulp... at about 85 minutes it'd have been perfect. But it's good pulp, gonzo pulp, creatively amped-up and balls-to-the-wall insane pulp. So practically constructed of "How can you not love a movie where ------------?" moments (how can you not love a movie where Nicolas Cage forges a battle-axe while wearing sunglasses??) that it almost feels like cheating.

Also, the scene where Cage is trying to fire up a chainsaw and the guy he's about to kill with it just casually whips out a LONGER CHAINSAW has to be the funniest movie moment of 2018

The Hellbound Fart

in love

So ... this was interesting. Revenge horror drenched in an acid-induced 80s fantasy aesthetic. If it wasn’t for its slow pace I would have been engrossed throughout. Not helping was the casting of Cage without enough dialogue for him to relish. But for fans of horror, 80s retro or Cage, this film totally delivers. Will be interesting to see more from this writer/director.