As a horror fan, this movie has been on my watchlist for quite some time now. I came across it on one of my streaming services a couple weeks ago and decided to cross another film off the list! And part of me still wishes I hadn't. With this being a horror film, I expected some sort of scare factor, but in my opinion there wasn't any. Some psychological horror elements with the antagonist of the film were definitely there, but that was about it. I will try to keep this review as spoiler free as I can. If you are a fan of gore/body horror, this is a good movie for you. The scenes with the serious gore made me internally uncomfortable. This movie stayed with me, and still has, but I genuinely hated it.
I may have appreciated it more if the ending had been more satisfactory, but it made absolutely no sense, left me enraged, and was so insanely out of character for two out of three of the main protagonists. I can typically enjoy when a horror movie has a cruel ending, that's what horror is for, you're supposed to feel unsettled. And I guess in that sense, this movie nails it. But I couldn't even appreciate the ending with how much it angered me.
All in all, the acting is wonderful, special effects are believable and horrific in a good way, and the cinematography is well done. The base idea for the film has serious potential, but I feel like it could have been executed better.
So to end with an explanation for my title... gore/body horror fans everywhere should watch this movie, but I will never ever watch it again.
I may have appreciated it more if the ending had been more satisfactory, but it made absolutely no sense, left me enraged, and was so insanely out of character for two out of three of the main protagonists. I can typically enjoy when a horror movie has a cruel ending, that's what horror is for, you're supposed to feel unsettled. And I guess in that sense, this movie nails it. But I couldn't even appreciate the ending with how much it angered me.
All in all, the acting is wonderful, special effects are believable and horrific in a good way, and the cinematography is well done. The base idea for the film has serious potential, but I feel like it could have been executed better.
So to end with an explanation for my title... gore/body horror fans everywhere should watch this movie, but I will never ever watch it again.