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Reviews
Horror in the High Desert (2021)
I rated it higher simply because they got me
I spent most of the film believing I was watching a documentary about a real hiker (explorer) who had been injured in the desert (then realized lost, no, later turned out murdered). By the reveal, I was terrified about what was about to happen and it's REALLY difficult to scare me. I was scared and then relieved to realize it actually is not real.
The acting was okay. Actually quite good given they convinced me I was watching a fairly amateurish documentary. To be fair I'm glad I did not look at IMDb before I started watching, or even before the end because the realization that it's actually not real, when I kept screaming at the TV this isn't real it is it real, was actually really fun I was mad at being fooled, but now I'm actually pretty impressed that they were able to fool me.
To be fair, if you're stuck during a worldwide pandemic, and need some thing to do, there are worse things you could do then make a found footage, horror film.
Chloe (2022)
Brilliant and dark psychological drama
This psychological drama is about social media and the way it blurs fact and fiction. But that's not what has haunted me about this. What it's really about is gaslighting and coercive control. Abuse that starts so subtly, it's easy to miss if you're not paying attention.
If you're feeling confused by the end of this brilliant drama, you have been successfully gaslighted. There were zero loose ends in the end.
Oh, and I agree that the clothes were awkward, but that was the point. There was nothing subtle about dressing the imposter in wildly awkward clothing that nearly drowned her. It reminded us that she was out of place and being sucked in over her head. Just like her dress at the speech became an awkward reminder as she was still wearing it the next day.
She had spent years wondering why Chloe had dumped her. Cut her some slack.
Upright (2019)
Beautiful story beautifully told
I loved everything about this show. It was beautifully written, superbly acted, gorgeously filmed. It was just about perfect. The finale was so emotional it had me in tears.