Relic .

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#Relic

As a rule, I don't watch horror, elevated or otherwise(the ER bills are too high, especially nowadays😲!), but when you have a movie this buzzed-about, well, you kinda have to hitch up your big boy pants, gird ye olde loins, and well, brave it through😲.

And if you do manage to make it through in one piece, you'll marvel at this creepy, unrelenting, teeth-chattering, horror movie, that will make you promise to never, no matter what, retire to a charming cottage(with a never-ending interior, woah, what's the square footage on this thing😲?!) at the edge of the woods!

Speaking of cottage, my goodness, the production design on this film, that too on a budget, yikes, every square inch of the world these people live in is creepy to the bl**dy max!

Speaking of max, usually in modern horror you have the editors working overtime to give you the endless parade of jump-scares, here, the editor takes a different tack, using miles of craftsmanship to create that languid, deliberative pacing which gives this whole enterprising that oppressive sense of dread.

Speaking of dread, how about that sound design(do trees creak😲?!)?, every whisper will make you jump out of your skin.

And speaking of the creepy-crawly sensation all over your skin, that atmospheric cinematography, especially that very deliberate, edge-of-frame locked-off, uh, framing.

And speaking…okay, the cast, dude, I've always been a fan of the underrated Mortimer, and she's fantastic here, as is Heathcote, but, uh, dude, where did Nevin come from?! Wow!😲

And marshaling all these resources, young James making her debut, what?!😲, this is her first film?!😲, the kid has such total tonal control(TTC), they should just hand her the keys to *all* the franchise kingdoms!

PS. "Please leave it, I have a system", hoarding, now that's a *true* horror😲!

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#NatalieErikaJames #RobertMackenzie #CharlieSarroff #DeniseHaratzis #SeanLahiff
#EmilyMortimer #RobynNevin #BellaHeathcote
@relicmovie @natalieejames @ifcfilms

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