Just watched glorious at Sitges Film Festival 2022. If you can, watch it in a cinema. The response was incredible. Now for the review.
With a plot doomed to fail, Rebekah McKendry somehow succeeds in making an entertaining horror comedy. You can tell at times, that the budget is low, and the lead actor is over the top throughout most of the movie, and while it works sometimes, it does get a bit much at others.
Let's get one thing straight right away: it's labelled as a horror film. Is it scary? No. This ain't a horror movie. But Beside, the labelling, the film is great from a technical point of view. The camerawork is great, albeit not the most innovative, the sound is both believable and fitting at all times and soundtrack is great. Besides that technical assets, The plot is also surprisingly good and innovative. The takeaway, however, is the directing. Most scenes seem both original and thoughtfully cared for and the originality is undeniably impossible to ignore. Even the actors do a great job and both Sylvia grace from and J.k. Simmons are great throughout every scene of the movie.
The movie does suffer from some pacing issues but the innovation and flow considering the one location is impeccable. With all this in mind however, the film is so hard review due to its insanity. It's funny, haunting, captivating, original and surprising, but the whole situation is so jarring that it can at times be hard to concentrate on what's actually going on on screen. For me, most of it worked, but for most it probably won't.
Is it however the best horror film of the year? Not close. It feels as a gofundme funded movie. It really shouldn't exist, but it does, and it's awesome. Watch it in a cinema of with your friends on the couch. You probably won't be scared, but you'll probably laugh out loud.
With a plot doomed to fail, Rebekah McKendry somehow succeeds in making an entertaining horror comedy. You can tell at times, that the budget is low, and the lead actor is over the top throughout most of the movie, and while it works sometimes, it does get a bit much at others.
Let's get one thing straight right away: it's labelled as a horror film. Is it scary? No. This ain't a horror movie. But Beside, the labelling, the film is great from a technical point of view. The camerawork is great, albeit not the most innovative, the sound is both believable and fitting at all times and soundtrack is great. Besides that technical assets, The plot is also surprisingly good and innovative. The takeaway, however, is the directing. Most scenes seem both original and thoughtfully cared for and the originality is undeniably impossible to ignore. Even the actors do a great job and both Sylvia grace from and J.k. Simmons are great throughout every scene of the movie.
The movie does suffer from some pacing issues but the innovation and flow considering the one location is impeccable. With all this in mind however, the film is so hard review due to its insanity. It's funny, haunting, captivating, original and surprising, but the whole situation is so jarring that it can at times be hard to concentrate on what's actually going on on screen. For me, most of it worked, but for most it probably won't.
Is it however the best horror film of the year? Not close. It feels as a gofundme funded movie. It really shouldn't exist, but it does, and it's awesome. Watch it in a cinema of with your friends on the couch. You probably won't be scared, but you'll probably laugh out loud.