* Christine (Carpenter, 1983)|||||5.5
Happy Together (Wong, 1997)|||||6.5
Neverquiet (Film of Wonders) (Bragança, Meliende, et al., 2011)|||||5.5
The Cabin in the Woods (Goddard, 2012)|||||5.5
The horror genre spoofery is at a dissatisfying disjunction with the moral tale of a rotten worldly system. I felt some chagrin towards the film and its terribly comprehensive exposé of the horror genre as a hollow freak show (so yes, a personal hang-up there - this took a piss out of the genre I love so well I was offended!). But on the other hand, the film is affecting as an apocalyptic tale, an ode to the dead teenager.
So oddly enough, while I of course couldn't not enjoy the gonzo geekery of the climax, it was the previous/other stuff - actually feeling sadness and shock when one of the teens died, that match cut and the Final Girl's beating at the dock, the final nihilistic moment between friends - that makes me really appreciate the film.
Hour of the Wolf (Bergman, 1968)|||||8
* Bless Their Little Hearts (Woodberry, 1984)|||||6.5
When It Rains (Burnett, 1995)|||||+++ / 7.5
Quiet As Kept (Burnett, 2005)|||||+++
The Joy (Bragança & Meliande, 2010)|||||6
Le Skylab (Delpy, 2011)|||||5
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (Harry, 1987)|||||2.5
Film Socialisme (Godard, 2011)|||||6
* The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973)|||||7.5
* Eggshells (Hooper, 1969)|||||4.5 / 5
* The Heisters (Hooper, 1964) (short)|||||+++ / 7.5
Boris Godounov (Zulawski, 1989)|||||6.5
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