Tag: Media
Fool’s gold
Hounds of Love
In keeping with the theme of the last review, Ben Young’s 2017 Hounds of Love is also art-house horror.
From the opening slow-mo to the final frame, some two hours later you are kept on the edge of your seat. David Stratton’s assessment as a ‘little masterpiece of horror’ is noteworthy (even if somewhat skewed toward the home grown). Suburban Perth, circa 1987 has the requisite vibe of bland befitting the serial killer setting. If it weren’t such a tightly edited, well honed piece of story telling you’d be forgiven if you thought it true crime and not concocted by the talented debut director, Ben Young. Continue reading Hounds of Love
Suspiria
In 1977 a young American dancer successfully auditions for a renown West Berlin dance company but in doing so inadvertently enters a witches coven. The Marko Dance Academy is run by witches and their sorceress leader gradually converts the young dancer.
If you have a penchant for the dark and dangerous then this is for you. Continue reading Suspiria

