The Beach House (2020)

Watched in 2020 - Movies (376 movies items)

"My rating: 5/10"

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"For all the good old-fashioned Italian horror nihilism all over this movie, it has a few poor choices that don't carry it. The disorienting camera and editing tricks never really do what they need to outside the purest of narrative conceits (like saying "She's woozy!") which is a very boring reasoning to make your movie partially stereoscopic 3D without glasses. It doesn't put me off, it just hurts my eyes. The occasional gore feels more like a needless tribute to the originators of this type of"

Movies the giraffe watched in 2020: May (46 movies items)

"First viewing - May 23rd The way things worked out I didn't get to watch any films on Saturday until after lunch, so I started with The Beach House. I loved the way it took the time to establish the major players before diving into the action of the story. The film takes influence from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Fog, and Cronenberg's best body horror films, but manages to stand on its own by creating something new from them. It'd make a nice pairing with Sea Fever I think, should anyon"