“Jig-fucking-saw!”
Ill always show up to support Tobin Bell’s lategame rise to fame; it’s always a pleasure to watch Jigsaw punish, educate, and sometimes redeem the wicked and cruel. After the tragedy that was Spiral: fRoM tHE bOoK OF sAW, expectations were at an all-time low, but I as many others can gladly say Saw X is a amputated foot thrown in the right direction. The trailer does show off way too much, but I still had a fun time.…
“It needs to tenderise the soul.”
The latest in line to join the ever-so-popular grief horror sub-genre, NEON did not do much to market this decent directorial debut. My primary appreciation for It Lives Inside, is in its Dharmic perspective on a very well worn in genre, bringing some new angles and rules to a table we’ve dined on a multitude of times. Now it doesn’t get to the same levels of say, Candyman, but practical effects and a consistent…
It may use the whole Agatha Christie inspired defence, but it’s directly taking from Knives Out 2. Just as predictable too, but less social commentary.
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"Tomorrow you'll know I wasn't kidding, and you'll think I was crazy. But I figured it this way: better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime!"
Oh, I'm sorry. My apologies, that's from the wrong film. Here we go, I think it's this one:
"All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets". …
