Gothic. Māori. Utu. Yaaaaaaaaasss.
I don't write reviews so much anymore, but I couldn't pass it up after seeing the New Zealand premiere of Mārama tonight for the secret screening of Terror-Fi!
Not at all the typical New Zealand horror - not a comedic bit in sight. And I am here for it.
Ariaana Osborne is fire. The cinematography is stunning. You're almost certainly going to be made uncomfortable, not because of cinematic horror, but the horrors of colonisation and…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If I could some up Nosferatu in one word, it would be uneven.
While overall, I thought it was a pretty solid film, I found there were enough issues that jumped out that brought me back to LB to do a review...and given I only achieved one review last year, that's saying something.
Most of it so so beautifully shot and felt truthful to the gothic vibe of the story and it's predecessors, yet unnaturally interspersed were these rather cartoonish,…
I've been trying to watch this film for a few days now and after 2 and a bit hours I gave up.
The first hour was terribly boring, the second was more entertaining and I thought we were getting somewhere and then as I started my third part, there was 2 rapes within 20mins, one which the woman apparently enjoyed when she remembered back to it and the second of a woman that the character allegedly loved. I stopped it on the second one and don't intend to go any further.
I don't care how popular it is.
I don't even know what to say about this film tbh. It has easily one of the hardest scenes I've ever had to endure in any film ever - i just wanted that scene to stop, it was horrific. I felt physically ill and almost wanted to fast forward past it.
What makes me feel even worse is how relevant so much of the film still is, almost 30 years later.
Jodie Foster was amazing and her accolades were well deserved.
I don't want to think about this film anymore and I don't think I will ever watch it again.
