Suitable Flesh
- 2023
- 1h 40min
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5,3/10
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Jonah Ray
- Dave the Orderly
- (as Jonah Ray Rodrigues)
Recensioni in evidenza
Heather Graham is the successful psychiatrist "Elizabeth" who finds her daily routine interrupted by a visit from the seemingly paranoid "Asa" (Judah Lewis). Initially sceptical, she begins to become intrigued with his story that he is being persecuted by a man, on the phone, who is threatening him. Indeed one such call induces a sort of fit from the young man! A visit to his home, and she is hooked into a mystery that is somewhat reminiscent of "Fallen" (1998) as it turns our erstwhile respectable physician into someone reduced to some rather lively, impromptu, nookie before incarceration in a padded cell trying to convince her close friend "Dr. Dani" (Barbara Crampton) that she's not completely deranged. This starts off quite interestingly, with a solid effort from Lewis as the troubled youth - but as it progresses and it becomes clear to us just what is going on, the film begins to fall away and lose any potency. The last half hour is violent and brutal, but suffers from a lack of plausibility - in this or any other dimension - and it becomes repetitive and shows up the really mediocre quality of both the writing and the acting. It is watchable, if only for Lewis, but equally forgettable stuff.
Unlike the majority of retro-Horror that comes out this does not rely too much on nostalgia, on archetypes, clichés and set pieces that viewers find comfort in. It actually tells a story of demonic possession/body switching competently, effectively and with just the right tone: not ironic or meta, but also not taking itself too seriously. It's a B-movie that just works, with everybody doing as good a job as can be excepted within the constraints of the genre and budget. There's some suspense in how exactly it is going to get to the unhappy end, and fun it the telling. No real wrong steps, and a hell of a lot to enjoy.
I was looking forward to watching Suitable Flesh, it seemed like something I would love, however, I was left rather disappointed. I couldn't get into it at all, it just seemed to aggravate me to the point that I was struggling not to turn it off.
I know it's meant to be campy 80s-like horror. I get it. I just couldn't get past the acting which is flat and robotic to me.
I think the best thing about this film is Barbara, My god she looks amazing. (big Reanimator fan here) So perhaps it was worth watching it for that reason alone. I may go back and give this film another go, as I really want to like it.
I know it's meant to be campy 80s-like horror. I get it. I just couldn't get past the acting which is flat and robotic to me.
I think the best thing about this film is Barbara, My god she looks amazing. (big Reanimator fan here) So perhaps it was worth watching it for that reason alone. I may go back and give this film another go, as I really want to like it.
Didn't completely do it for me but on the bright side Judah Lewis reeeally did the most (perhaps served a little Chuck Bass?), and it had some lines that made me cackle:
"Demon octopus.. awesome 😒"
"Then I must've really wanted to F my old man" 🤣
Was definitely intentionally campy, 80's, soap opera-y, so don't go into it expecting a straight-forward or serious horror movie. I think it's important for critics to remember that horror is one of the only genres where people can get weird with it. It may not be your thing, and it may not be Oscar worthy, but just be glad the creativity is alive and happening.
For fans of Malignant, Tales from the Crypt.
Was definitely intentionally campy, 80's, soap opera-y, so don't go into it expecting a straight-forward or serious horror movie. I think it's important for critics to remember that horror is one of the only genres where people can get weird with it. It may not be your thing, and it may not be Oscar worthy, but just be glad the creativity is alive and happening.
For fans of Malignant, Tales from the Crypt.
As far as Lovecraftian adaptations go...this one is pretty good (most are quite bad, mind you).
Honestly, what would a Lovecraft adaptation be without a little cheese?
Of course this is cheesy.
It's too weird a tale to take itself too seriously.
As it's about a bizarre, slightly incestual, love triangle.
Between a boy, his ailing father, and cougar psychiatrist.
Although, it quickly mutates into more of a love polyhedron, of sorts.
As characters keep switching from body to body...with most ending up banging each other.
In what is eventually revealed to be the works of an ancient curse.
All-in-all, it's cheesy, twisted, entertaining fun.
As all Lovecraft films should be.
6 out of 10.
Honestly, what would a Lovecraft adaptation be without a little cheese?
Of course this is cheesy.
It's too weird a tale to take itself too seriously.
As it's about a bizarre, slightly incestual, love triangle.
Between a boy, his ailing father, and cougar psychiatrist.
Although, it quickly mutates into more of a love polyhedron, of sorts.
As characters keep switching from body to body...with most ending up banging each other.
In what is eventually revealed to be the works of an ancient curse.
All-in-all, it's cheesy, twisted, entertaining fun.
As all Lovecraft films should be.
6 out of 10.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizBarbara Crampton's character, Dr. Daniella Upton, wears a pair of large glasses throughout the movie. These are an intentional homage to Dr. Katherine McMichaels, Crampton's character in Stuart Gordon's From Beyond (1986).
- BlooperHeather Graham witnesses someone being beheaded and gets sprayed with blood. She runs out of the house and there is not a spot of blood on her anywhere.
- Citazioni
Dr. Elizabeth Derby: No, wait. I was in your body.
Asa Waite: I was in yours.
Dr. Elizabeth Derby: No, no, I don't mean it like that. I mean, my, my mind was in your body.
Asa Waite: Well, I guess then, if anybody ever tells you to go fuck yourself. You tell them you have.
- Curiosità sui creditiOne of the credits is, "Filmed In Cthulhuscope." While the viewer might consider this a special film process, like CinemaScope, this is actually a portmanteau of Cthulhu and CinemaScope. Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by H. P. Lovecraft, used in various ways in many of his stories.
- Colonne sonoreI Need You Like a Donut Needs a Hole
Written by Barry Louis Polisar
Performed by Barry Louis Polisar
Courtesy of Rainbow Morning Music c/o Bodega Sync
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- 29 ott 2023
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