AtomicPwrdRobot𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗 𝖝
𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖛𝖊:
THE ENDLESS
(2017, dir. Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson)
The third of this year's "directors' series" category. In past weeks I watched one from Ken Russell (GOTHIC) and one from Alfred Hitchcock (THE BIRDS); Now I'm moving on to a more recent directing team, consisting of American filmmakers Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson.
My review: https://boxd.it/4ViCx9
A ★★★½ review of The Endless (2017)
𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗 𝖝 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖛𝖊: I would classify this one as existential horror about unpacking your childhood trauma, implemented with an assist from cosmic horror. It's basically the two epigrams from the beginning, one part Lovecraft, one part jokey folk wisdom. I don't know if it quite comes together in the end, but I enjoyed trying to work out what was going on based on what we see early on, as well as how some of the different [PARANORMAL PHENOMENON REDACTED] scenarios were staged later on. I got the sense in a few spots that we were missing certain shots/effects due