Venus

RESERVED ONLY FOR HORROR FANS.

Venus extraordinarily celebrates terror with a refreshing autonomy and spontaneity that's hard to come by these days. It is frenetic and brutal, and brings together another of the keys to Balagueró's cinema.the metaphor, the psychological and the disquisitions about what rises and what does not impose themselves on the mechanisms of the genre and condition it, Balagueró continues to go free. Its emphasis on the crime aspect puts it closer to a siege thriller than cosmic horror. Its mythology and character beats may be thinly drawn, but it doesn't detract from the propulsive action sequences or gory moments. Exploits demonstrates her horror mettle as a resilient and determined heroine, especially in that breathless climax. Overall, Venus makes for a slick and breezy action-horror movie far more memorable for its gruesome high-octane thrills than its cosmic chills.