Pyewacket (2017)

An angsty teenager is driven by passion and uses a ritual to task a demonic spirit with the murder of her mother.

'Pyewacket' is a drama film with strong horror accents, the line between the two genres being thin and subject to the viewer's interpretation. The main character's feelings may be justifiable in terms of the reality of rebellious teenagers everywhere, but the limit the teenager in question goes over so easily is perhaps harder to understand, or maybe not - just because other young people who tried the same thing in real life didn't actually raise a spirit. The film is well made, the doubt of reality vs hallucination is well placed and the aspect of horror is well represented.

Director:  Adam MacDonald    

With: Laurie Holden, Nicole Muñoz, Chloe Rose, Eric Osborne

Rating: 8/10

Dragged Across Concrete (2018)

Doi politisti eficienti dar duri si recent suspendati pentru asta, cauta surse the venit ilicite facand ce stiu sa faca cel mai bine.

Un film dur, ce nu iarta nimic, imitand probabil viata cel mai bine prin ilustrarea nefiltrata a unor intentii indoielnice in combinatie cu asteptari inselate si surprize neasteptate ce au ambele un efect nefast. Cu un ritm incet, derutant la inceput, tensiunea si revelatiile se aduna fara gres, si sunt insotite de un dialog neobisnuit dar credibil si amuzant cand vrea. 

Protagonistii principali sunt pe val, fara cusur si extrem de credibili in rolul celor doi apatici simpatici. Iar Jennifer Carpenter are parte probabil de cel mai scurt si devastator rol al anilor recenti.

Regia: S. Craig Zahler

Cu: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Tory Kittles, Laurie Holden, Don Johnson, Udo Kier, Thomas Kretschmann

Rating: 10/10

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