A social justice screed cosplaying as a horror film, the Candyman remake is a colossal disappointment. Instead of talking like normal people talk, characters are mouthpieces for ideology: police bad, white people bad, gentrification bad. And that’s not subtext or metaphor, by the way. That’s all anyone prattles on about in this preachy mess ofContinue reading “Candyman 2021”
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Double Blind
A bunch of people sequestered away and given experimental drugs? Is that an extended metaphor for COVID lockdowns? The Irish horror, Double Blind introduces us to the recondite Blackwood Pharmaceuticals through Claire, a surly 30-something test subject in it for a quick buck. And as the title/premise would suggest, Double Blind is a drug trialContinue reading “Double Blind”