The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
Stop me if this sounds familiar: a silent, hulking killer stalks a group of horny College students through the woods and murders them in gory fashion.
Now shift the focalization to the POV of the killer. That’s In A Violent Nature.
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Writer/director Jae-hyun Jang‘s immensely popular Korean horror film, Exhuma, takes a relatively simple premise about a team of paranormal investigators and spins it into a tale about history and class.
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There’s just something that hits different about a “woman in danger” film. Perhaps it’s the fact that the subgenre was once extremely popular in the early-to-mid 90s and is now basically an endangered species?
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People suffering from arachnophobia beware: Infested (aka Vermin) is your new nightmare.
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The Coffee Table is one of those impossible to review films because the inciting incident, which happens 20 minutes into the 88-minute run time, is an absolute game changer. It’s the definition of a “go in cold” film.
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