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Highlight: Great 2018 Genre Films

Great 2018 Genre Films To Watch

Here are a couple great genre films from this past year to watch. Many of these received positive reviews upon their release, however, I still feel a few of them flew under the radar a bit and so I bring them to your attention for a viewing. Coincidentally, many of these are revenge films, though each are as different from one another as they come:

Mandy - 9/10

Nic Cage... Nic Cage! A psychedelic and horrifying revenge tale. Absolutely mesmerizing cinematography, full use of the colour palette and post-effects. John Wick x Hellraiser x Enter The Void!

Overlord - 8.5/10

This, I see, is what it would look like if Wolfenstein were adapted to film. A US troop lands down in WWII France to uncover horrifying experimentation being conducted by the Nazis. War film x sci-fi film x zombie horror!

You Were Never Really Here - 9/10

Joaquin Phoenix at his best. A grounded and gritty revenge tale, here, a tormented, violent hitman haunted by the demons of his past, set to finally make amends by protecting a young girl. Deft direction by Lynne Ramsay, a film built around violence without ever explicitly showing it.

Upgrade - 7.5/10

Now, an action revenge film! Like a modern, streamlined Robocop. The action scenes are worth viewing alone, plus a strong performance by Logan Marshall-Green.

Climax - 8/10

Autuer, Gaspar Noe's, most recent. The film centres around a dance tropes' rehearsal night - the dance segments within (which take up much of the first half of the film) are worth seeing alone. Add to that a spiked punch bowl that leads to horrifying, gut-wrenching results, and you have one of the year's most unique releases.


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