This is how you do it!
What an amazing experience! First rate film craft at every level.
The story takes it's time to build character interest and with quality writing and performance to hide the seams the narrative holes typically felt by schlock-B-movie concepts which mix genres (War/Horror).
Instead of over-investing in the horror element or resorting to boo-surprises at the expense of storytelling as many films do in this genre, here the viewer experience the horror in context with down-to-earth issues (what is human/inhuman in wartime) and with events in real history - it was refreshing to see that the story never allows the intensity of the horror-problems to outweigh the historical significance of Operation Overlord and it's real-world meaning.
There are plenty of things to critique about this film from a nit-picking level (as in, where did this come from? How was that possible?) but I loved that they didn't succumb to the temptation of trying to over-explain or give the audience time to nerd-out at the supernatural details but giving them something more grounded to be concerned with. Mixing genres, done well.
An extremely satisfying film experience. Recommended
The story takes it's time to build character interest and with quality writing and performance to hide the seams the narrative holes typically felt by schlock-B-movie concepts which mix genres (War/Horror).
Instead of over-investing in the horror element or resorting to boo-surprises at the expense of storytelling as many films do in this genre, here the viewer experience the horror in context with down-to-earth issues (what is human/inhuman in wartime) and with events in real history - it was refreshing to see that the story never allows the intensity of the horror-problems to outweigh the historical significance of Operation Overlord and it's real-world meaning.
There are plenty of things to critique about this film from a nit-picking level (as in, where did this come from? How was that possible?) but I loved that they didn't succumb to the temptation of trying to over-explain or give the audience time to nerd-out at the supernatural details but giving them something more grounded to be concerned with. Mixing genres, done well.
An extremely satisfying film experience. Recommended