Remy – Sightseers
Okay, so this movie may TECHNICALLY be from 2012, but I didn’t see it until 2013. Also, don’t even pretend you did either, which is why it’s here. For those who don’t know, Sightseers is from writer/director Ben Wheatley – best known to horror fans as the genius behind Kill List. I think Wheatley is one of the best and most original directors in all of horror right now, and Sightseers shows that he has multiple voices that are all equally brilliant. Sightseers is more a black comedy than a straight horror film, but it has some gnarly kills, which is what earns it a spot next to his horror work.
The film is about a young couple who decide to take a trip across England. It becomes evident to them quite quickly that most of the people around them (and populating the Earth) kind of suck, and things take a dark turn shortly after. The long and the short? They start murdering all the people who piss them off, but there’s so much more to this story than that simple summation.
The biggest aspect of this film (that I think most will lose sight of) is the fact that it’s clearly a movie about relationships. You see the give and take of any relationship, but it’s represented very differently here. This is fucked up, twisted love. Love for broken people.
In other words, love we can all relate to.
Oh, and this is Ben Wheatley, so wait for the final frame of the film. He makes the best endings in horror, period, and Sightseers is no different.
