It’s so refreshing to see films made by truly unique voices not striving to be more than what their parameters are yet their ambition transcends any limitations and creates true art.
I admired HELLBENDER but this pitch black period piece really solidifies The Adams as true Genre artists working on their terms, budget be damned. 
Their brand of folk horror may not stike everyone the same way but you cannot deny their voice…it’s just up to the audience to accept that voice. 
Beautifully shot, some really inspired edits and performances. 
The score is WILD. 
The closest thing I could say to compare ROAMS and even the whole of The Adams work is like watching early Malick or Mickey Reece or Larry Fessenden. 
I will always watch their work now with excitement and anticipation.

I have immensely enjoyed everything I’ve seen from the Adams family and this was no exception!

Much more abstract and art-house than their previous works and chock full of symbolism so it definitely won’t work for some people, but damn I really love their whole grey, dark, and dreary aesthetic. It works especially well for this interestingly disjointed story that sorta drops you into the lives of a carnival family with just a hint of backstory that doesn’t fully come together until later in the movie.

It could have been about anything though and I would have enjoyed the visuals and music just as much. It’s a slow burn, but it sure does look good the whole way through.

I also just love that there is this loving, tight knit family out there just making great horror and great music like every loving family should. It sparks a little warmth in my cold dead soul!

100 movies in a month challenge (84)

AYYY 300th film this year, honestly insane; i don’t actually know if I’ve even watched 100 different films in a year before, Letterboxd has really done work on me. 

Another film I’ve heard not a single thing about, but it’s one of Mike flanagans favourite horrors of recent times so thought I’d give it a watch. 
It’s also set in a travelling circus which I like the premise of, and the movie poster slaps. 

Immediately it has a strangely surreal atmosphere off the jump. Another film that I’ve watched recently that delves into family dynamics and Human nature. 
The desolate landscape that they reside in is eerily beautiful, enhancing the overall mood 

Zelda Adam’s serves cunt every second she’s on screen, what a queen

Visual perfection! The aesthetic & cinematography are gorgeous. I also liked the theme of love & letting go, & Zelda’s smol wings. 
I had been saving this one to watch, because I’m afraid of running out of Adam’s family films. What will I do when that happens? 💔

when the family small but yall crazy

another Adams Family banger that picks up from the surreal, haunting, fantasia of Hellbender and pushes into something decidedly more baroque -- like Santa Sangre for the mall goth set, full of sawn off limbs, innately terrifying dolls and a distinct distaste for america; wish they'd make a movie every year

Ethel Cain vibes.

Major props must go to this mob for how much effort they put into their films, it’s a true family affair and I’m so here for this troupe banding together to make these cool horror flicks. I loved Hellbender and this one delivered just as strongly as what that did. Many more films to come I hope.

OH MY GOTH MOVIES

Atmospheric; curious; gory; gruesome; short; stylish; thin; underdeveloped; well-crafted.