The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
Soon after his arrival at an ominous orphanage, a young boy uncovers the secrets of the school, including the youthful ghost that wanders its grounds.
Thoughts: Wonderfully atmospheric, poetic and poignant. It’s a ghost story that leans into artfulness of its narrative over scares, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. Great.
4/5
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
An Englishman is hired to create sound effects for a horror film studio in 1970s Rome, but the job ends up taking a heavy toll on his mental health.
Thoughts: An at times intense and unnerving tribute to the Italian giallo films of the 70’s that employs sound to great effect, ultimately in service of a meta wank that goes off the rails in its final act.
3/5
Thelma (2017)
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.
Thoughts: Incredible performances in this character-driven coming-of-age tale that proves both haunting and heartbreaking. The horror is a slow build, more surreal than visceral, but some of the imagery is shockingly inventive. Ultimately ambiguous, but satisfying nevertheless.
4.5/5
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— Joseph Mallozzi (@BaronDestructo) July 14, 2022
Sounds like three winning movies! I’ve never heard of them but I’ll check them out.
The mom visit went well yesterday. Her new kitten, Silo is vaxxed/dewormed/de-fleaed and I’ll make another appointment for the next set of shots. Plus, I gathered all of my cat’s reject toys/scratching posts and took over there. It’s a win win because Silo went crazy for the stuff and I don’t have to vacuum around these items anymore. 🙂
It was a bit embarrassing to see how much stuff we’d bought our cat that she ignored. Our cat is so spoiled. My hubby calls it’s “first world cat problems”.
I got the Devil’s Backbone soundtrack from a third party on Amazon recently. Very hard to find.
The boys show up again in Pan’s Labyrinth.