“Somebody’s coming.”

This is one of those thick and heavy character dramas that defies genre and merges themes and tones so that the shifts are unrecognisable. War, PTSD, psychosis, religion, heart, and satire. Bit of a beast. Great performances and a fuckin strong screenplay and direction, which is exactly what I expected from Blatty. 

It’s not fun or energetic. Little action. Any horror is just the horror of man. More interesting than entertaining but never dull and not hard to watch. I’d say go in when you want something you can suck on and roll around the mouth a lil. 

Brand and Atkins could be Father and Son. The one scene of them together in frame is uncanny.

Still don’t know who Spinell played. Didn’t recognise him, maybe coz no one was dripping wet with sweat? I just looked up a pic of him from it and it’s clearly him. I’ve decided he just wasn’t in the movie. 

Also weird how the movie only starts proper after that end-of-a-music-video-type scene of our guy moping in front of his rainy castle window. (Sweet castle!)

Pick Your Poison 2025
Day 1: Something Old
Released before Aubs was born

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