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The Dark
Austria 2018
produced by Danny Krausz, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, Laura Perlmutter, Kurt Stocker, Florian Krügel (executive) for Dor Film, First Love Films
directed by Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl (co)
starring Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics, Margarete Tiesel, Scott Beaudin, Chris Farquhar, Sarah Murphy-Dyson, Dylan Trowbridge
written by Justin P. Lange, cinematography by Klemens Hufnagl
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Josef (Karl Markovics) is a serialkiller on the run, and to properly
hide he might as well hide out in one of the remotest corner of the woods
called "Devil's Den" - especially since it's said that nobody
returns from there ... and then he's killed by Mina (Nadia Alexander), a
disfigured teenage girl who pretty much rules this spot of land, as her
experiences with abuse have turned her into a, to say the least, really
tough cookie. She goes through Josef's things, and ultimately his car ...
and finds Alex (Toby Nichols), a teenage boy who has long been Josef's
captive whose eyes have been burned out by Josef, but who's suffering from
a severe case of Stockholm Syndrome, so much so that Mina can't even tell
him she has killed Josef. And Mina's basically a brutal murderer,
defending her stretch of land against each and everyone, usually with
murder and even cannibalism involved. But with Alex it's different, she
sees herself in him, as he slowly goes off asking for Josef and accepts
her as his peer. But that said, their lives aren't isolated from the real
world, and the real world can be brutal - but brutal is something our kids
can be as well, the only question is who'll survive ... Now
there's quite an unusual horror movie, one that's really throwing romance
and coming-of-age motives into the mix without losing its story while
keeping the blood (literally) flowing and the body count high - and yet,
at a deliberately relaxed pace, it develops an odd Beauty and the
Beast-style story with the power to suck one into it, thanks to a
subtle yet atmospheric directorial effort that also makes great use of
locations, pacing that's welcomely out of line with current Hollywood
standards, and also a very strong cast. An unusual film for sure, but one
you ought to watch!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
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