Clock is a particularly female-oriented horror film.
So I'm not sure that I am the right person to be reviewing.
As, in the film, we find ourselves following Ella (played by Dianna Agron), who is facing the ticking of her biological clock, and all the anxieties that come with it.
Doctors seem to think she suffers from a syndrome, that instills a deep seeded fear about having children within her.
So it doesn't help that she feels pressured to have children by her family and friends...not to mention, nature, itself.
As a result, she subjects herself to a series of grueling psychological tests, at an institute that is studying women with her condition.
A series of tests that force her to confront the underlying darkness that has prevented her from having children up until this point.
This darkness seems to be a trait inherited from cultural trauma, passed down through the generations.
A trauma relating to her Jewish ancestry, and the experience her family went through during WWII.
With these rigorous psychological tests bringing her underlying anxieties to the surface...in the form of a series of bizarre hallucinations.
Making the whole thing a psychological horror.
As this darkness starts to consume her life.
And affect her relationship with her friends.
Particularly the pregnant ones.
The name of the film comes a grandfather clock her father owns, which is her family's most prized heirloom.
Being the only thing they managed to salvage from the war.
So it, not only, symbolizes the pressure she feels to procreate...but might also harbour a dark supernatural force...which has been preventing her from wanting to bring children into such a broken world.
It all seems to be pretty straight forward, until they throw a bit of a twist in at the end.
Which solidifies her descent into madness.
A result of the manipulation she feels she is being put through.
Agron does an excellent job, portraying a woman spiraling out of control, as a result of the transition from potential motherhood, to being a crone.
Ultimately leading to the film's unexpected conclusion (even when the hints are there).
I see that this film has been garnering some rather harsh reactions - mostly, from male viewers.
But I don't think they are warranted.
Because it is both an entertaining, and engaging, film.
That held my attention throughout.
But don't take my word for it...cause I'm just a dude.
As only middle aged, and post menopausal, women can truly understand.
5.5 out of 10.
