A slow burn Jewish folklore romance thriller with horror aspects, did I get it right? Haha
This movie was good. Not very scary but pretty thrilling throughout. Don't go into this thinking you're going to get a full blown horror, much more of a thriller/drama. It stayed pretty dark and atmospheric once it got going but I wish we could've cut some of the first half and gotten to the meat of the creepiness quicker... because once it got there, it was quite cool. A huge positive for this one was the acting. Everyone did a pretty excellent job and worked really well as an ensemble. Props to the actors in the casting Director. I also enjoyed seeing a queer couple juxtaposed with a religious scenario and the whole plot not revolving around the fact that they were queer. It was refreshing to see it as normalized and not the focal point.
Overall, this was an entertaining film... pace could have been picked up and some of the filler trimmed but I stayed engaged and intrigued throughout. 6.5 rounding down to a 6, would recommend.
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This movie was good. Not very scary but pretty thrilling throughout. Don't go into this thinking you're going to get a full blown horror, much more of a thriller/drama. It stayed pretty dark and atmospheric once it got going but I wish we could've cut some of the first half and gotten to the meat of the creepiness quicker... because once it got there, it was quite cool. A huge positive for this one was the acting. Everyone did a pretty excellent job and worked really well as an ensemble. Props to the actors in the casting Director. I also enjoyed seeing a queer couple juxtaposed with a religious scenario and the whole plot not revolving around the fact that they were queer. It was refreshing to see it as normalized and not the focal point.
Overall, this was an entertaining film... pace could have been picked up and some of the filler trimmed but I stayed engaged and intrigued throughout. 6.5 rounding down to a 6, would recommend.
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