Thursday, 5 August 2021

VOD: A Classic Horror Story (dirs: Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli, 2021)

"Don't worry - it's for his Instagram or something."

This Italian horror does exactly what it says in the title, taking a contemporary road trip that goes horribly wrong and executing it in classic Italian horror/giallo style.  Whether referencing the great genre directors of the 1970s/80s or more recent films and tropes - Midsommar and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre loom large here - the film is a reasonably efficient and effective exercise in directing and writing, and whilst the points made about online media are somewhat blunt and unsurprising, as a horror film it stands up fairly well.
 

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