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The Devil’s Candy – 2015 Sean Byrne
- a taut, short (79 minutes) aesthetically pleasing and atmospherically energized intelligent horror film
- the use of the sound mix and audio is superb—we have the voices in the killer’s head and a dedication to the world of metal and death metal rock which is a big part of the character’s world
- the in-movie art by the artist played by ethan embry is fantastic
- I love the mini-montages of him painting—any director that can make painting compelling on film is a director to watch
- Sound and image or wonderfully melded here
- We have a serial killer element—very Thomas harris silence of the lambs meets a satanic mike myers from Halloween
- For Sean Byrne there is much more to offer here visually than in his first film the loved ones (which after one viewing I did not archive)
- Horrifyingly electric in the final 20 minutes as byrne ramps it up- the only pause and disappointment comes with the choice to do the finale in a room filled with artificial fire (and painfully artificial). It takes you out of the world for a 2015 film
- Lower end recommend but in the archives
Drake2020-07-03T10:31:21+00:00
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