8) Dream Home
What would you do for your dream apartment? Would you kill the surrounding tenants in an attempt to drive the price down? No? Cheng Lai – Sheung would in this ultra-gory Chinese slasher film, not to be confused with the Daniel Craig stinker Dream House. But she doesn’t just blandly kill these poor helpless victims, oh no no. Actress Josie Ho transforms into morbidly brutal serial killer capable of kills so grotesque they rival Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and the infamous woodchipper scene. I was skeptical at first if Ho could convince me so many people could die at her hands, but color me convinced after all the bloodshed and carnage had settled. Dream Home is a visually stunning showstopper that once again shows the vibrant creativity of foreign horror, easily trumping most American horror flicks.
-Nato
7) The Woman
This film was a kick to the gut. Lucky McKee’s film was intense and unflinching, but at the same time, had a real satirical view of the “perfect family,” and as the film went on, disassembles those tropes and ideas, and in the process shows us some horrifying things, but forces us to laugh uncomfortably in between. Most don’t seem to know that this film was a follow up to the movie The Offspring, which was also made by Mckee (if you don’t know this guy’s work, go watch May immediately) and had a whole clan of feral children, whereas The Woman had only one. The titular woman we speak of is played with silent intensity by an actress (who is surprisingly lovely) named Pollyanna McIntosh. The Woman is about a feral woman who gets caught by a republican (come on, that IS what he is) and he brings her home to ‘housebreak’ her. Yes, it’s as unpleasant as it sounds, but there is something that makes this film so enthralling, no matter how deviant and disturbing it gets at times. And don’t worry, it turns into revenge flick about halfway though, so stay tuned, well worth the wait. Feral woman really scare me, usually, But this one both scared AND aroused me. Which is exactly how I feel about Oprah. Which tells me The Woman must be powerful.
-Remy
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