Film Review: Stoker – 2013
…in completely different places. Consequently, India doesn’t pay any attention to the inside of the freezer and doesn’t see the head. She comes up to Charlie who, because he thinks…
…in completely different places. Consequently, India doesn’t pay any attention to the inside of the freezer and doesn’t see the head. She comes up to Charlie who, because he thinks…
…to those scenes. 4. Suzuka deciding to upload the tape online was the one part of the movie I didn’t see coming and was genuinely excited for. Sure, it didn’t…
…film that completes the action. All the other evocations of the atrocity come in the form of suggestions, and un-completed mimicries in the form of Kate and Reggie’s respective subjugations….
…to tell of prophecies that will come true but that no one will listen to. [2]“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cassandra. A woman cursed by a man for rejecting his advances who…
…a feature-length film[1]IMDb.com. (n.d.). Dark star. IMDb. Retrieved July 11, 2022, from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv . The film spends its run-time constantly demonstrating the way communication operates and breaks apart on the…
…tone, especially in conjunction with the aforementioned storm – something wicked is coming. Adelaide descends a set of stairs and the mood gets eerier. She comes upon a Native American…
…machinations of his master with a modern parlance that belies the situation and injects a wry comedy to the moment. With the set-up complete, we cut back to the first…
…frame is shown. Louise (Amy Adams) slowly comes into view from behind the wall. Multiple window frames are shown. Louise (Amy Adams) comes into view. The window frames surround Louise….
…face. He attempts to attack the group before pushed aside. It’s at this moment the director comes back in and reveals that he completed a blood ceremony on the rooftop…
…a cabin for comfort. The distorted composition along with the context of the genre (and franchise) immediately informs us that this is where things will go wrong. Director Lee Cronin…
References
↑1 | King, S. (2010). Danse macabre. Gallery. |
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↑2 | Horowitz, A. (n.d.-b). Marx’s Theory of Alienation. Asher Horowitz | Department of Political Science | Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies | York University. https://www.yorku.ca/horowitz/courses/lectures/35_marx_alienation.html#:~:text=In%20alienated%20labour%2C%20Marx%20claims,activity%20is%20directed%20by%20another. |
↑3 | For example, given the focus on the gaze and the way violence has to be ground within a perspective, it would have been interesting to explore the Deadites as a way of materializing capital-based violence and rendering it corporeal as opposed to invisible |
↑4 | For more information on this idea , look at the 5th point on the spoiler-section from The Exorcist review |
↑5 | West, A. (2023, April 26). Evil dead rise director and stars explain how they filmed that Gonzo, bloodsoaked ending. gamesradar. https://www.gamesradar.com/evil-dead-rise-ending-lee-cronin-alyssa-sutherland-lily-sullivan-interview/ |