Thursday, November 3, 2011

#1097: The Woman

10:34 PM / Blu-ray / Comments3 Comments

BD

(BD, Revolver, Region ABC, UK)

Lucky (MAY) McKee's latest, probably best known for provoking this reaction from an audience member when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

 
3 Comments

1. Kentai said:

Word is it's cinematic predecessor, 2009's THE OFFSPRING, is a pile of poorly handled clusterf*ck. A shame, since as far as Jack Ketchum is concerned this is the final chapter in a trilogy going all the way back to the 1980 novel OFF SEASON.

Having literally watched this today, it's an incredible experience. Not a pleasant one, but still a rewarding meditation on exactly what makes us monsters - a surprising little inversion of The Hills Have Eyes that works immeasurably better than Craven's film ever dreamed of.

(Posted on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 12:16 AM)

2. Count Fosco said:

This was one of my most anticipated - and ultimately most disappointing films I saw at London's FrightFest in August. Not only did I find it lacking the power or originality I had been told it possessed but I actually found myself nodding off it was so predictably mediocre.

Nevertheless as someone who enjoyed Lucky Mckee's previous film MAY enormously I'd be lying if I said I wasn't going to give it a second try. Perhaps this could be film for the MOVIE MATTERS podcast, Michael?

(Posted on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM)

3. Phil Quail said:

I haven't been a fan of the previous Jack Ketchum adaptations I've seen (Red, The Girl Next Door, The Lost), but I thought this was very effective, without being anything groundbreaking.

The Blu-ray has at least one nice extra - the directors' Q&A from this year's FrightFest with Lucky McKee, Ti West and Larry Fessenden.

(Posted on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 2:14 PM)

 
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