(2022 dir. Chris Sivertson) Date Seen: June 25 2022
Wife and I really dug the first two acts of this, which felt like a slightly tongue-in-cheek horror take on old Hollywood weepies (or think Todd Haynes shooting a James Wan/Leigh Whannell story). Unfortunately a far-fetched & hammy 3rd act reveal poops all over everything that came before, & afterwards it was kinda difficult to wash out the stink. It almost felt like the writer was trying to shoehorn the disparate endings of SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) and THE VILLAGE (2004) into a story they're awkwardly out of place with. + those big reveals worked due to the way they synched within their own thematic continuity, & that's hardly the case with MONSTROUS.. But at least it was an intriguing & well composed ride for a stretch. & Ricci is wonderful as always 💖
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