A promising look at a powerful, personal
film about the demons that drive a man to push himself to the limit.
Del Toro adapts a comic book with very strong religious and Gothic imagery into a surprisingly lively
film about demons fighting other demons in the most visceral and exciting way possible.
Not exact matches
Plus, hilariously, he praises the appearance of the «infant»
demon - critters from the first
film as being a directorial choice rather than a throwback to Silent Hill 1 (the game), which is what he hates
about the appearances of the monsters in Revelation!
Heard differing things
about this particular
film, which means it is probably worth a view at some point, even if just for the visuals like The Neon
Demon.
Not to be confused with Samuel L. Jackson's other snake movie, «Black Snake Moan» is the sophomore effort from writer / director Craig Brewer, whose debut
film «Hustle & Flow» (another movie
about a Southern musician battling his inner
demons) earned the director critical acclaim in 2005 as one of the generation's most promising young talents.
Of all the perverse gags — of which there are plenty, including but not limited to
demon penises, vomit, bodily fluids (There's a long argument
about one that only a group of men stuck together for a period of time could have), all manners of grotesque death, cannibalism, etc. — in the
film, this sudden departure of so many characters is perhaps the most shocking.
WES CRAVEN»S «THEY» Though the alternate title is «Wes Craven Presents «They,»» Craven neither wrote, directed nor produced this middling horror
film about a young woman who becomes the target of unspecified
demon forces from the other side.
Sometimes
film and novel can be alike in half - heartedly following a template; perhaps the most glowing thing that can be said
about «Inferno» is that reliable screenwriter David Koepp (returning from 2009's «Angels &
Demons») has fully captured the essence of its source.
Described as a «darkly humorous, weird, and soulful fantasy that examines the inner
demons in all of us», the
film is
about a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than toxins and traumatic experiences.
Shot mostly in shadow to shroud the creature in mystery (and to de-emphasize any seams in its suit), the
film sports a decidedly blue / orange palette as befitting a movie
about a night - walking
demon with a pumpkin for a parent, and its extremes have been dynamically preserved for the first time on video.
And then there is the really off - beat stuff like a post-apocalyptic-vampire-western-road movie, Stake Land (which is magnificent), a naughty DIY costumed hero flick from James Gun called Super and starring Ellen Page and Kevin Bacon, an Eva Green starring ethereal cloning drama from Hungary, but in English, called Womb, and a
film that will make you completely reassess how you feel
about Santa Claus and his elf posse when the jolly fat man is portrayed as a 25 meter tall horned
demon encased in a block of ice under a Finnish mountain.
The
film's just as sharp, funny, and creepy as I imagine it was back in the day (I always forget
about the «Nazi
Demons» that appear during the dream sequence, and they never fail to weird me out), and watching Werewolf in London again helped reinforce the idea that American Werewolf in Paris really is one of the all - time worst sequels ever made (right up there with Landis» own Blues Brothers 2000).
Nicolas Winding Refn has been going on the press rounds to promote The Neon
Demon and talked to Sad Happy Confused podcast
about his desire to make a Wonder Woman
film years ago.
About The Neon Demon — This is basically a throwaway feature on the Blu - ray, which consists of the cast talking about the
About The Neon
Demon — This is basically a throwaway feature on the Blu - ray, which consists of the cast talking
about the
about the
film.
Bloody Disgusting had a chance to speak with Refn
about the
film and why he has decided to make the switch from a hypermasculine (or somewhat homoerotic, in the case of Drive) focus to that of women in The Neon
Demon.
Refn's new
film, The Neon
Demon, will reportedly feature an all - female cast and is being described by its director as «a horror
film about...
So I thought
about the themes of the
film, in an effort to relate them to the
demon.
During his unique entrance (an intentionally difficult yet memorable shot that echoes Bond's own introduction in the
film), Bardem weaves a wild monologue
about rats eating rats to be a haunting, finite revelation of an impassioned mad man whose very real
demons contribute to Skyfall's wonderful tension.
No plot information is available just yet, but The Neon
Demon has been described as «a horror
film about vicious beauty» set in Los Angeles.
So many horror
films have tried to copy this classic frightener
about a young girl possessed by a
demon, but none have ever come close.
«I had to miss my senior prom for the Neon
Demon premiere,» Fanning said
about her first - ever trip to the French
film fest last year.