MIFF 2016 - Day 13
The Lure
The second Eastern European film riffing off The Little Mermaid I've seen this festival. And both are set in skeevy nightclubs. This is much less of a direct retelling though, only borrowing small elements. Here, we have the story of Golden and Silver, two mermaids who attempt to lure some musicians into the water so they can eat them. But instead they end up getting taken in and made part of their nightclub act. They sing, they dance, one falls in love with the bass player and the other seduces men and women and eats them. It's a weird blend of musical, horror, comedy and fantasy. The story is more or less evident, but the editing is choppy so it doesn't always link up. Good fun, but I'm not sure I can call it good. Fun trash cinema.
The Devil's Candy
A solid B-movie horror flick from the director of The Loved Ones. While that film was a horror film that also winked at the audience, this is more of a straight satanic thriller. A family moves into a house only to discover the son of the previous owners has left the mental asylum and is compelled by the devil to kill children, the candy of the title. Their daughter ends up in the crosshairs and it all goes bad. It's a solid enough effort, but didn't impress me the same way The Loved Ones did. That said, the soundtrack is excellent and there's nothing to pick on. The actors and the production are all great. It just didn't grab me as much.
The second Eastern European film riffing off The Little Mermaid I've seen this festival. And both are set in skeevy nightclubs. This is much less of a direct retelling though, only borrowing small elements. Here, we have the story of Golden and Silver, two mermaids who attempt to lure some musicians into the water so they can eat them. But instead they end up getting taken in and made part of their nightclub act. They sing, they dance, one falls in love with the bass player and the other seduces men and women and eats them. It's a weird blend of musical, horror, comedy and fantasy. The story is more or less evident, but the editing is choppy so it doesn't always link up. Good fun, but I'm not sure I can call it good. Fun trash cinema.
The Devil's Candy
A solid B-movie horror flick from the director of The Loved Ones. While that film was a horror film that also winked at the audience, this is more of a straight satanic thriller. A family moves into a house only to discover the son of the previous owners has left the mental asylum and is compelled by the devil to kill children, the candy of the title. Their daughter ends up in the crosshairs and it all goes bad. It's a solid enough effort, but didn't impress me the same way The Loved Ones did. That said, the soundtrack is excellent and there's nothing to pick on. The actors and the production are all great. It just didn't grab me as much.
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