Dariuss

This movie tries to fight you. No sucker punch cowardly nonsense either, if you get a chance to listen to writer/director Guerrilla Metropolitana he basically tells you that the movie is coming for you. It practically dares you to defend yourself, and if we're being honest it's not even worth trying.

Full disclosure I love the bizarre. The odd, the weird, the unsung. If it's hard for normal movie goers to even fathom, I'm all in. This movie also goes all in. Metropolitana replaces dialogue with gristly sound design and camera work but filtered through a brain that has no limits. It's not an easy watch, reminding me at times of such arthouse weirdos like All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms, Skinamarink, and Gabriel Bartalos's later work. I'm not gonna spoil anything but it's basically a story about how 3 people react to a traumatic loss. But told through veins that are screaming with whatever drugs Spider Jerusalem did mid-career.

This movie is gonna fight you. Don't even try to defend yourself. Put your hands down and watch, it's the only way to get through it, and you'll be a better person for it.

I would like to thank Guerrilla Metropolitana for giving me the opportunity to watch his new film Dariuss. This film is a one of a kind LSD induced story about the loss of a loved one, and the grief and emotional toll it takes on the surviving family. This film is not for the faint of heart, it will grab you by the throat and not let go until the credits roll. This films follows 3 family members as they try and deal with a devastating loss. You get scenes with each of the family members, and in some ways not coping with this traumatic experience. This film has no dialogue, but the director instead uses a gritty technique of having an almost asmr like sound throughout each scene. And the choices with the audio paired with the hyper stylized visuals is chilling, and scarier than any words could ever convey. Speaking on the visuals, each frame has its own way of showing the internal and external struggle of each family member. Such as one person is filmed in black and white and in close ups, which us a more claustrophobic feeling for the character. Then in the next scene, we get a day time wide shot, this helps break some of the darkness and gives a little levity but still continues to build tension throughout. The director was very deliberate and meticulous in the way he framed every scene. This movie has many of layers, and to take this film in completely, you should watch it carefully to see all of the symbolism he added into this movie. While this film will not be for everyone , I highly encourage people who enjoy cinema and have a love for seeing a writer and directors passion project come to life to seek out the movie. This is definitely a masterclass in writing, directing, and film making at its finest. Guerrilla Metrpolitana is definitely a director you should be on the look out for. All in all I highly enjoyed this movie, this is a elevated horror film on par with some A24 films, and will leave you asking the question WHO IS DARIUSS. For me this is an easy 8 out of 10.

This is a Journey to a place that you've never been before a very avant-garde experimental film, that is very much its own thing- in experience is trauma like I've never seen depicted before through odd camera, angles, and photography. Unlike anything I've ever seen. This is a very brutal, realistic, experimental film. It's art. It will be subjective, and definitely up to interpretation from whatever perspective you choose-but if you allow the experience to tap into anything that you've ever experienced traumatic, I think it will deeply resonate with a lot of people-this is swing for the fences type filmmaking.

Dariuss is completely unique, it's like no other film I've seen. It definitely isn't a 'popcorn horror' I would consider this Arthouse horror. This film tells a story about bereavement & the affects it has on a family.

The cinematography is absolutely stunning. There is no dialogue & very few props, the sounds & visuals tell the story. This film is a psychedelic trip & it blows your mind. The storytelling was played out perfectly & at times I felt like I was entering the mind of a mad man.

This film crosses boundaries & wasn't made to be a typical mainstream horror. Some of the scenes were pretty brutal & were shot in a way that you almost felt like you were in the room watching. This is dark twisted, erotic, mind blowing film but beautiful at the same time.

In my entire life I have never watched anything remotely close to this incredible film. It got me so involved that I completely lost myself when watching it. Its surreal atmosphere, the deliberately non-linear plot, the uniqueness of its pace, the sickening sexual elements of it followed by an unspeakable level of gore and insanity drove me into a state of total alienation from reality.

Guerrilla Metropolitana' s vision of cinema is one of total madness and shocking originality.

His film contains so many things I have never seen in a movie before. This is not something for just anybody. It is a unique experience that can only satisfy those who are above certain standards.

I have seen Guerrilla Metropolitana' s short films prior to this and they were very indicative for what he was going to create later with this film.

All signs were there (the beautiful visuals, the bizarre sounds, the aesthetics of his direction, the unusual acting, the psychedelic music, the crafty editing, etc..) and when I finally got to watch his actual feature film, all pieces got together perfectly like a puzzle waiting to be completed.

This is a masterpiece of cinema and it should be studied in film academies, as nothing like this had been made in history.

Not for everybody, but for those who really love cinema.

It is an experience that goes beyond simple entertainment.