Amer

New French Extremity (39 movies items)

"Three key moments, all of them sensual, define Ana's life. Her carnal search sways between reality and colored fantasies becoming more and more oppressive. A black laced hand prevents her from screaming. The wind lifts her dress and caresses her thighs. A razor blade brushes her skin, where will this chaotic and carnivorous journey leave her? "

Movies I watched in August 2020 (52 movies items)

" Date: 8/6/2020 Viewed: Blu-Ray First Viewing Note: I always have been curious to check out this movie for years now after hearing about it. After watching Let the Corpses Tan (2018) for the first time over a year ago on Amazon Prime, it made me want to check out more movies from Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. Fortunately, I found a Blu-Ray copy of this movie at my local used book store for $5. After watching this movie for the first time, I really enjoy it. I do love the visuals becaus"

The 50 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century (50 movies items)

"In making Amer as cold, calculating, and totally transfixing as they have, Belgian filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani have manically constructed what may very well be a super giallo. Full of free-floating signifiers of victims watching killers, killers watching victims, and victims becoming killers, the film is essentially an academic’s tract on how the Italian giallo functions as a genre. And yet, it’s edited so masterfully and filmed with such a sadistically attentive eye for det"