Weekend Horror Movie Review #10
Aug. 12th, 2024 07:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adrimettKaali Khuhi (2020) - Centrered around the young Shivangi, whose family has temporarily moved to care for her ailing grandmother, Kaali Khuhi is all about the dark secrets of the village, their connection to a very angry ghost, and what happens when secrets refuse to stay buried. I keep encountering a lot of Hindi movies that have vengeance at their core, a desire to harm those who have done harm, and that's exactly what this movie also delivers. It deals with female infanticide, which also connects to the patriarchy and a person's perceived societal value, and I think this movie has a lot to say about India's history of those concepts, dark and distressing as they may be. Having the viewpoint be 99% on a young girl adds another layer of tension and connection to the issue, as Shivangi is one of those girls who, in another time, may have been thrown down that dark well after being born; there's a sense of rightness that she would be the one to end the curse on the village. I'm trying to be a bit vague here because it's absolutely a movie you should watch, because it's good and has a lot to say and has genuinely creepy imagery throughout. (Hindi, subtitled) (Youtube: trailer)
Men (2022) - I... I don't even know, man. This movie is a fucking trip. A woman leaves her red-flag husband and rents an old fancy British country manor for a couple of weeks to heal a bit from some serious trauma, only to be pursued by a naked man, dismissed by local police (except for a female officer), hit on by a vicar, harassed by an angry young boy, and gently mocked by her temporary landlord. Oh, and did I mention that there's a scene where all of these men give birth to each other in rapid succession because they're all the same person? How is this related to the Green Man myth that keeps popping up? Dude, I have no damn idea. This movie was a trippy piece of surrealist horror that's beautifully shot, amazingly written, masterfully acted, and yet at the end, I have no bloody clue what to actually take from it. Except that it probably reads very differently to those socialized to be male. There's a whole lot in here about what women experience in relation to men, from gaslighting, to infantalizing, to inappropriate sexual remarks and actions, and I feel like a lot of men might call it a man-hating movie, but a lot of women might say, "Yes, this is exactly what we experience!" The real-life horror often took centre stage and the supernatural elements stayed pretty firmly on the back burner until very near the end. It's an amazing movie, but disturbing as hell, and it has a lot to say. To the point where I feel like someone could write an entire dissertation on this movie and its symbolism. Highly recommended, but be warned that it's surreal as hell! (Youtube: trailer)
Men (2022) - I... I don't even know, man. This movie is a fucking trip. A woman leaves her red-flag husband and rents an old fancy British country manor for a couple of weeks to heal a bit from some serious trauma, only to be pursued by a naked man, dismissed by local police (except for a female officer), hit on by a vicar, harassed by an angry young boy, and gently mocked by her temporary landlord. Oh, and did I mention that there's a scene where all of these men give birth to each other in rapid succession because they're all the same person? How is this related to the Green Man myth that keeps popping up? Dude, I have no damn idea. This movie was a trippy piece of surrealist horror that's beautifully shot, amazingly written, masterfully acted, and yet at the end, I have no bloody clue what to actually take from it. Except that it probably reads very differently to those socialized to be male. There's a whole lot in here about what women experience in relation to men, from gaslighting, to infantalizing, to inappropriate sexual remarks and actions, and I feel like a lot of men might call it a man-hating movie, but a lot of women might say, "Yes, this is exactly what we experience!" The real-life horror often took centre stage and the supernatural elements stayed pretty firmly on the back burner until very near the end. It's an amazing movie, but disturbing as hell, and it has a lot to say. To the point where I feel like someone could write an entire dissertation on this movie and its symbolism. Highly recommended, but be warned that it's surreal as hell! (Youtube: trailer)