Fawlty-3
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A terrific and supremely creepy, scary, and entertaining morality tale reminiscent of horror comics from the 70's or from horror anthologies like "Creepshow". Easily the best horror movie I've seen so far this year.
I don't want to say too much about the plot, but the craft in making this movie is just outstanding - it gave me the scariest and creepiest sequence I've seen in a long time, that literally gave me chills and made the hairs on my arms stand up. I can't remember the last time a movie scared me like this (certainly "Longlegs" didn't come close).
What makes the movie so effective is that each scene is set up with seemingly the single goal of making us in the audience be tense and on the lookout for things that may appear at the edges of the frame or in the background, which when done well eventually leaves us in a state of constant fear - and then it takes that and adds a horror element that is FRONT and CENTER, but unpredictable and we don't know what that element is going to do, or how and when it will strike. Add those two techniques up, and you've got a helluva horror movie. There's literally only ONE scene that rang a little false, the only thing keeping it from being a 10 for me.
There's such a fine line between horrific and ridiculous when it comes to really effective monster movies, and this one stays on the right side, which definitely wasn't an easy thing to pull off. Absolutely brilliant directing.
It's always tricky to go into a movie with high expectations, so I don't want to raise them. But "Oddity" is a true gem of a horror movie, and one of the best movies of the year of ANY kind, period.
I don't want to say too much about the plot, but the craft in making this movie is just outstanding - it gave me the scariest and creepiest sequence I've seen in a long time, that literally gave me chills and made the hairs on my arms stand up. I can't remember the last time a movie scared me like this (certainly "Longlegs" didn't come close).
What makes the movie so effective is that each scene is set up with seemingly the single goal of making us in the audience be tense and on the lookout for things that may appear at the edges of the frame or in the background, which when done well eventually leaves us in a state of constant fear - and then it takes that and adds a horror element that is FRONT and CENTER, but unpredictable and we don't know what that element is going to do, or how and when it will strike. Add those two techniques up, and you've got a helluva horror movie. There's literally only ONE scene that rang a little false, the only thing keeping it from being a 10 for me.
There's such a fine line between horrific and ridiculous when it comes to really effective monster movies, and this one stays on the right side, which definitely wasn't an easy thing to pull off. Absolutely brilliant directing.
It's always tricky to go into a movie with high expectations, so I don't want to raise them. But "Oddity" is a true gem of a horror movie, and one of the best movies of the year of ANY kind, period.
I love how the movie sticks to its limited scope - no expository dialog to explain the situation to the viewers, no attempt to show the outside world, just two lifelong male friends on a journey to survive the apocalypse the best they can.
We get bits and pieces of what happened through their dialog, but that's just circumstantial to the plot - it's just the setup, not the payoff.
Great actors deliver this really funny dialog in a completely believable way, and the movie managed to keep me engaged thoughout, in fact the only bad thing about the ending was that it came too soon.
Highly recommended.
We get bits and pieces of what happened through their dialog, but that's just circumstantial to the plot - it's just the setup, not the payoff.
Great actors deliver this really funny dialog in a completely believable way, and the movie managed to keep me engaged thoughout, in fact the only bad thing about the ending was that it came too soon.
Highly recommended.
Look, I get why this is not a highly rated movie, but also, I've watched it many times, and it never fails to entertain. Much goofier than the first movie, more like Transformers, it is just pure adventure, comparable in tone to Godzilla vs Kong.