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Asmodexia (2014), directed by Marc Carreté.
Another take on the exorcism story. The film director's intention was to make the movie that will stand out from other supernatural flicks, I suppose. IMO the movie was killed by the soundtrack. I had the feeling that the music didn't match the picture. There are some "scary" moments in the movie, but all of them lack strong climax, highlighted by something as trivial as slightly loud music. The other thing is that Asmodexia focuses too much on the theological considerations of Eloy and Alba which somehow kills the whole dramaturgy on which the film primarily was based.
Funhouse (2019), directed by Jason William Lee.
One of the main roles fell to Valter Skarsgård (that face... surely very similar to his brother, Bill... Pennywise comes to my mind). The acting in this movie is full of pathos and gushiness, for which, paradoxically, the nice counterweight is almost statuesque style shown by Valter. There is some tension and conviction about the inevitability of the painful end of the characters, who despite quite unconvincing acting creations, can be liked. I heard somewhere that it's truly a social media horror showing desensitization of people in the era of the Internet. Well, we are witnesses of moral decay as we watch how citizens all over the world decide the destiny of reality show participants for fun.
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