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Possessor, 2020 – ★★★★★
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That one babe, you know the hot redhead from “Birdman” is quite humbled here and I respect her for it. There isn’t much “heels and lipstick” in this flick. She lays in like a Matrix state while her mind goes into another body, for a kill. The kill is sometimes suicide! This is a cool concept and I enjoyed watching it play out very much. I have long thought about her and how she is one of the best European actresses out there doing stuff. I hope she does lots more in her onscreen career. If you haven’t see “Birdman,” you should. Her eyes in that, yikes. So pretty. There are some other beautiful women in the cast such as Gabrielle Graham and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The whole thing is done so very well and casting is no exception. As many reviewers have said, this is an interesting new take on the possession genre. Who can deny the influence of David Cronenberg. His son Brandon is now filling those shoes quite well. HIs work evolves the twisted body horror of his father’s films into a flashy new incarnation, and that word is quite befitting here. “Carne” means flesh and incarnate means the form of it. We get that but so much more here. Cronenberg lets us in on the bird’s eye view. We see everything happening and sometimes it even cuts too close to the bone. I liked those parts best. This might give you an idea why this film gets such a high score from me. The preceding is an excerpt from my full review at Horror News dot net.
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