15th August, 2019.
Yes: it’s officially official.
I’ve been asked … to swap shifts.
I am not complaining.
It means that, tonight … ? I can stay up late … !
And watch a movie.
And, in case you hadn’t noticed the poster?
The film I watched was the 2018, Anglo-Austrian movie, The Dark.
I think we have a winner, here.
~≈†≈~
The Dark sees a man we learn is called Josef Hofer (Karl Marcovics) pull into a backwoods gas station: to stock up on food: and a map.
And — before shooting the cashier for recognising him — learning that he is in an area called the Devil’s Den.
Josef drives deeper into the Den: finally finding an abandoned house he feels he can hide out in … only to find the place is occupied …
By someone holding an axe …
By someone holding an axe …
~≈†≈~
That someone … ?
Is Mina (Nadia Alexander): a seemingly feral child living out in the woods …
A child with an axe, a taste for human flesh … and a seriously unhealthy complexion.
Someone whose curiosity leads her to the boot of Josef’s car.
She finds the equally young Alex (Toby Nichols) hidden away under a sleeping bag.
Mina?
As we find out, through a series of flashbacks, Mina has suffered at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend: eventually ending up being killed by him.
That hasn’t stopped her …
But has left her sympathetic.
It seems Alex has been kidnapped by Josef: and blinded along the way …
Things … are getting interesting …
~≈†≈~
Now … atmospheric? Good? Arty … ?
Hmm …
Arty?
I don’t know what I could say, there.
I am walking away from The Dark feeling mightily impressed with it.
The Dark is not your ordinary zombie apocalypse: not by a long shot.
We’re looking here, at an old fashioned revenge drama. Mina, the victimised central character, survives her death, to take revenge on the man who raped and killed her …
Only to lose herself in her condition, once she’s done.
She is — effectively — only half healed by revenge: only half healed of death.
It’s only by helping Alex that she fully starts to heal: making sure that — once he is rescued from a burning car — that she can start life anew.
~≈†≈~
Frankly?
There is a lot I could say about The Dark.
I won’t though.
I will do one thing.
I’m going to seriously suggest you watch The Dark.
With the possible exception of The Awakening, or Let the Right One In?
I know of very few films like it.
The Dark
★★★★
2 comments:
Ive never seen this film, but will watch thanks for bringing this to y attention
Pleasure, every time, Anne!
(iTunes are retailing it for £2·99: I don’t know what Amazon are asking … )
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