Darling (2015)

October Challenge Day 22

I had my eye on this one for a while, particularly because I found the poster image so captivating - but that was also my hesitation. This poster looked *too* good...

I was right. 

Let's check out:

Darling

I'm sad to report that I tried really hard to like this film. Really hard. I absolutely did not care for it. The blood bath scenes though - spot on, nicely done!

The rest of it - eeks. 

Now, I appreciate art house horror, especially in the 1950s and '60s style, such as Dementia and Repulsion. And this one tried, I can see that, but it missed the crispness, the actual edge. 

I'm also sad to report that I can't specify exactly what or where so much went wrong, but I know my eye started twitching during the opening scenes. 

Here we have a young woman who begins to unravel while house sitting in a supposedly haunted mansion. 

Oh, I think my eye began to twitch when it was said this home was the oldest in New York... and I'm a architectural history fanatic...

Good news! Some people will love this movie. While this review is not nice, I would encourage everyone to check out this experimental piece at least once. You might like it!

Additionally, the blood bath and detail to dismemberment was alarmingly good. In all, no, I did not like this film and found it an experiment in artistic realms, it is also for these reasons that I give it nod of appreciation.

Best seen on a grey weekend afternoon, alone, pairs with a few cigarettes and gin (I still cringe at the idea people just take shots of gin... I'm seriously alarmed at this specific detail of the film). 

I watched this film on Hoopla or use the Find It! Watch It! links on Horror Habit's side bar to see where else you can find this art house horror.