13 Slots for the Best Horror I've Seen in the Past Year
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(September 2017)
“Let's go back to where it all began.”
After gracing the ¡Qué horror! 2016 rundown with Baskin, Can Evrenol is back with his
sophomore feature, the English-language Housewife,
which follows Holly (Clémentine Poidatz), who is haunted by a terrible childhood
tragedy.
Things take a turn for the worse when Holly finds
herself at the seminar of a “… crazy, world-famous cult that actually believes
in the Apocalypse happening pretty soon.”
There’s only you and your dreams – ULM slogan
The cult, described as “… like Scientology with astral
travel,” is called ULM (Umbrella of Love and Mind), and is led by Bruce O’Hara
(David Sakurai), who comes out on stage at said seminar to the tune of KC &
The Sunshine Band’s “I’m Your Boogie Man” (a homophonically apt title, natch).
It really isn’t much of a spoiler to say that the “rock
star” entrance (with an umbrella, right, ‘cause, well… ULM) masks something far more sinister.
“Accept the mystery.”
In Housewife,
Evrenol trades in most (but not all) of the batsh!t insanity of Baskin for a mystery cloaked in dream, memory,
and cult madness, the deep psychological scarring of the eponymous protagonist,
and some frank, adult sexuality.
It’s a truly excellent follow-up, that also serves
as a tantalizing promise of more dark and disturbing visions from Evrenol.
“Let me take you to your destiny.”
Parting Shot: The female artist working in
miniature in a horror film has apparently become a recurring motif these days.
Or what the kids would call “a thing.”
Hereditary, Michael Tully’s Don’t Leave Home, and now, Housewife.
Yeah.
“A thing”…
(Housewife OS’
courtesy of impawards.com.)
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