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As a late 90s rudeboy, I’m surprised I never saw this until now. I think I counted two non-ska songs in the wall-to-wall soundtrack. Save Ferris really did carry the energy better than any of the performances (which weren’t bad).
The Hollywood saturation of superhero films has made most of these theater ventures rather tiresome for me these days, since 90% of the time the films feel like wasted opportunities of potent ideas involving the conquering of adversity and the discovery of human strength, value of teamwork, etc. Joss Whedon managed to amalgamate a symphony of characters rather impressively with "The Avengers", and after "Iron Man 3" I had hope for the upward slant of superhero flicks. Perhaps I simply…
Here is a rare instance where I actually avoided watching this film for several weeks, simply because the trailer was too damn scary. Very little *truly* frightens me these days, but I knew I was in store for something that gave my soul shivers.
And boy howdy, did it deliver.
This is the utter peak of subliminal and surrealist horror, which knows how to aggravate the subconscious dreamscapes of the mind in the most subtle and powerful ways. At least,…
