¡QUÉ HORROR! 2018
The Wrap-Up
And there we are, this year’s 10(+1) titles.
I can only hope that the next 12 months will result
in enough Candidates to give us back our usual 13 slots.
In the meantime, those titles that I watched in the
past 12 months that didn’t quite
cross completely over into “horror” territory, but nevertheless deserve your
attention.
THOROUGHBREDS
(January 2017)
“First it was borderline
personality, then severe depression, now she thinks I'm antisocial with
schizoid tendencies. She's basically just flipping to random pages of the DSM and
throwing medications at me.
“But at the end of the
day, I have a perfectly healthy brain. It just doesn't contain feelings. And
that doesn't necessarily make me a bad person. It just means I have to work a
little harder than everybody else to be good.”
Think of this black comedy as the brainier, more
class-conscious cousin to Tragedy Girls.
It’s a laudable debut by writer/director Cory
Finley, who’s got quite the cast here: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Anton
Yelchin (R.I.P.).
MOTHER!
(September 2017)
“I’ll just… get started on the apocalypse.”
Aronofsky examines the deep, fundamental
differences between men and women… by going totally nuts on domesticity!
(And that’s just one of the things this film is about!)
!
MINDHUNTER
(October 2017)
“If what we’re doing doesn’t get under your skin, you’re either more
screwed up than I thought, or you’re kidding yourself.”
Diving deep into the toxicity of insanity and
violence, Mindhunter is an excellent companion piece to Fincher’s
masterpiece, Zodiac.
SANTA CLARITA DIET Season 2
(March 2018)
So.
Many.
Good.
Quotes!
But let’s go with this one: “If you f*ckers try to leave me somewhere I will
track you down and give you so much sh!t it will make the time you didn’t take
me to see One Direction feel like a walk in the godd*mn park.”
O,
Season 3, where art thou?
SLICE
(September 2018)
“… once some people get an idea in their head, they just can’t shake it.
Frankly, I still believe cats can speak English. They just choose not to.
“Heh. Clever sons’a b!tches.”
Delivered (har!) to us by writer/director
AustinVesely, Slice posits a world
where ghosts and humans co-exist (if by “co-exist” we mean, relocating all the
ghosts to “fifteen city blocks of abandoned homes and businesses”--thereafter
known as Ghost Town--all in the name of “beautification”).
Plus, werewolves, witches, and demons, too!
Vesely also gets plus points for unexpectedly
sneaking in David Lynch; guaranteed
to get my attention!
And so it goes.
Another October, another ¡Qué horror! rundown.
Let’s all have a Happy Halloween, yeah?
And if you’re in the mood for some Halloween
viewing, feel free to check out this year’s batch.
(Thoroughbreds,
Mother!, Santa Clarita Diet Season 2, Slice
OS’ courtesy of impawards.com; Mindhunter
OS courtesy of avoir-alire.com.)
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