Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
Cast:
- The Lady: Willa Fitzgerald
- The Demon: Kyle Gallner
- Gale: Madisen Beaty
- Tanya: Bianca A. Santos
- Pete: Steven Michael Quezada
- Frederick: Ed Begley Jr.
- Genevieve: Barbara Hershey
- Libby: Denise Grayson
- Beth: Eugenia Kuzmina
- Roughneck: Duke Mollner
- The Driver: Sheri Foster
- Steve: Andrew John Segal
- True Crime Narrator (voice): Jason Patric
- Art Pallone (voice): Giovanni Ribisi
- Mitchell Mahoney (voice): Robert Craighead
- Man with Bare Buttocks: Evan Peterson
Crew:
- Director: JT Mollner
- Production Design: Priscilla Elliott
- Casting: Nancy Nayor
- Original Music Composer: Craig Deleon
- Producer: Giovanni Ribisi
- Editor: Christopher Robin Bell
- Set Decoration: Vanessa Knoll
- Supervising Sound Editor: Andy Hay
- Stunt Double: Conner Deadrick
- Foley Mixer: Jo Caron
- Key Hair Stylist: Michelle Stoyanoff
- Sound Mixer: Christian Dolan
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: John Warrin
- Stunt Double: Courtney Schwartz
- Grip: Brian C. Lawson
- Casting Associate: Jasmine Gutierrez
- Foley Artist: Karl de Serres
- Hair Department Head: Stefanie Terzo
- Makeup Department Head: Linda Kaufman
- Foley Editor: Nick Pavey
- Stunt Coordinator: Kent W. Luttrell
- Stunt Double: Brooke Coleman
- Gaffer: Mike Vukas
- First Assistant Director: James Grayford
- Producer: Roy Lee
- Producer: Steven Schneider
- Producer: Bill Block
- Executive Producer: Dan Lawler
- Production Coordinator: Lauren Elizabeth Hood
- Costume Design: Rudy Rojas
- Executive Producer: Amanda Harvey
- Executive Producer: Bob Yari
- Executive Producer: Laurent Ouaknine
- Executive Producer: Michael J. Zampino
- Music Supervisor: Matt Aberle
- Songs: Z Berg
- Executive Producer: Thom Zadra
- Executive Producer: Ezra Emanuel
Catogories:
Horror,Crime,Thriller
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Language:
English
Production:
United States of America
Company:
Miramax,Spooky Pictures
Popularity:
138.625
Date:
2024-08-22
Year:
2024
- tmdb51616167: Ending my day with one last movie, I stumbled upon a film titled “Strange Darling.” A psychological thriller revolving around a mass serial killer, I had no prior knowledge of its storyline. Without watching a trailer or reading a description, I decided to dive right in.
As the movie unfolded, I found myself completely absorbed in its narrative. The plot kept me on my toes, constantly questioning the identity of the serial killer. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, I was either right on the money or completely off track. The film demanded my full attention to catch the subtle clues and details.
While I found “Strange Darling” to be a decent watch and appreciated it for what it was, I don’t think I would revisit it. The movie delved into gruesome and heavily exploited sexual themes, making it unsuitable for younger audiences. However, I could see why critics and viewers were praising it – the film’s psychological thrills and twisted tale of a serial killer kept me guessing until the very end. Though I initially guessed wrong, once the pieces fell into place, the entire story made perfect sense.
- CinemaSerf: A woman runs across a field, blood gushing from her ear. She’s being chased by a man with an high powered rifle. Can she escape? Well across the next ninety minutes, and via six chapters and an epilogue, we are told the story of just how we got here. Except, the episodes are not shown to us in numerical order and this isn’t the end. It’s not really the beginning of the end, but maybe the end of the beginning? Willa Fitzgerald looks terrified, Kyle Gallner looks menacing – but as this cat and mouse game progresses our expectations of the narrative are well and truly challenged, and that proves especially perilous for just about everyone that either of these two characters meet as plenty of uses for handcuffs are demonstrated – none of which were probably as advertised on the box! It doesn’t actually take you too long to figure out what is happening, especially as the opening slide reveals it’s historical source and so does impact on the jeopardy a little. That said, though, there’s a gently seedy eroticism running through this drama and there’s also quite an entertaining chemistry between the two characters that, like quite a lot of this film, invites us to reconsider established sexual stereotyping. It’s violent at times, bloody too – but in the vein of Hammer rather than Tarantino and it’s tongue is in it’s cheek for a fair chunk as it evolves. If you get a chance to see in the cinema, the give it a go – it almost certainly won’t pan out as you’d expect. (All shot on 35mm, apparently, but I’m not too sure I noticed!)
- r96sk: Visually, ‘Strange Darling’ is a treat.
It’s an extremely stylish movie, the film features some excellent shots as well as great music. I’m not fully sold on the base story, I feel like if you stripped every other element back then you’d be left with a real mid plot. On the other hand, though, when all is said and done I think I did get a good amount of entertainment from it.
I don’t believe it needed to be told in nonlinear order, you could’ve portrayed events more traditionally and I don’t think it wouldn’t changed much (if anything) in terms of the viewing experience. With that said, it is easy to keep up with the jumps and it doesn’t hinder the flick whatsoever. So, I guess, if it works, why not?
The performances of Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner are excellent, to be fair. They both fit their respective roles and each play their part in keeping the movie marching along nicely. The support cast merit relative praise as well, notable to see Ed Begley Jr. and Steven Michael Quezada involved – a ‘Better Call Saul’ reunion, of sorts.
Quentin Tarantino ought to enjoy this, albeit for an overabundance of smoking rather than trotters.
