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Film by Eli Roth
Working from home architect Evan lives a simple loving life with his successful artist wife and two adorable children. While his family are away for a weekend getaway there comes a knock at his door. It is two soaking wet gorgeous young women. Evan is soon seduced, spending a passionate night with the pair. He soon finds Bell and Genesis are not what they seemed, and cheating on his spouse is, in fact, the least of his problems. Time is running out for a doomed Evan as the two underestimated women have power and rage to destroy his life forever.
Truly unique and effectively frightening modern horror film created by genre icon Eli Roth. His previous works has high level gore violence, makes this a cool departure considering the almost zero gore or blood shots. This is psychological horror at its best, employing the time honoured horror monster that is lust and beautiful women appearing as alluring Sirens to lead the sailor to complete and utter terrifying destruction. The Bell and Genesis characters are brutally merciless, creating real-world-feeling horrific situations for Keanu Reeves' Evan. The leads are incredible in their roles, this truly looked like it would have been a lot of fun to make! I also loved that while on the 'same page', Ana de Armas and Lorenza Izzo's characters are individual and have their own motivators, serves depth. This could be part revenge horror? There isn't much comic relief (by design I'd say confidently) but when there is, it's hilarious. The circumstances within make asking who to root for interesting, like yes Evan cheated but how much does he deserve. Added to which is a claim made which changes things, but the audience must be unsure if this is true! WARNING scenes and stories of sexual assault within.
Enjoyed this, though felt the intended heap of dread. Most certainly a well-crafted frightener which brings up plenty of moral and social questions.
Gore ☠️
Suspense ☠️☠️☠️☠️
Jump scare ☠️☠️
Dread ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
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