Apostle (2018)

I was REALLY looking forward to seeing this, the most excited I'd been for a film in quite a long while.
The trailer made it look like a strange blend of cult-worshipping oddness and action film, set on an isolated Welsh island at the turn of the 20th century.
It had Dan Stevens in the lead who had done a great job in The Stranger and, more impressively Michael Sheen, who's pretty much flippin' excellent in every role AND it was directed by Gareth Evans who had made the bonkers fun Raid films.

So, yeah, I was very excited about seeing what promised to be a Pagan western horror version of Enter the Welsh Dragon...

Sadly, it was mostly about a dull power struggle between the cult leaders and some old doris in a shack with flowers for tits.

Ho hum.

Flippin' cool poster though.

Told you.

Stephanie (2017)

A young girl is living alone in a house after, what appears to be, an apocalyptic or society-challenging event.

But then her parents manage to find her and what we thought was odd, becomes oddlier.

Shut up, oddlier is now a word. Use it.

I think this was fairly decent, or at least the first half was.

Wildling (2018)

A young woman is kept prisoner in a small house in the wilderness. Her captor injects her with drugs that suppress her pubescent development, but otherwise treats her gently and with kindness and respect, suggesting that although his actions are objectively wrong, he may have fair reason for them.

When she is freed and slowly integrates into society in the care of a friendly local police lady, she starts to develop as her maturity is now unencumbered with chemical suppressant.
Turns out she has more to worry about than the usual time of the month issues as a more animalistic side to her nature begins to emerge.

People have compared this to Ginger Snaps, and no doubt some tedious folk have said that transformation from innocent to beast is some metaphor about menstruation or some shit, but the film doesn't seem concerned with any weighty statements, it's just a decent, odd little story that's done well and worth a watch.

Also, 'pubescent'? Pube scent? The smell of pubes.


"New from Chanel, 'Pube', capturing the aroma of the front-bum."

Malevolent (2018)

We took very little notice of this whilst it was on the screen in front of us. Can't remember what was occupying us instead. Probably watching our cats. They are often way more entertaining than whatever crap we've chosen to put on.

Feral (2017)

A group of medical students go off into the woods for the weekend for camping and to collect samples of something for a project.

One of them gets bit by a vicious rabbit/tiger/rock and turns into a raging deathbeast, and the same will happen to anyone they bite.

What more do you need to know? It's OK for what it is.

Winter Ridge (2018)

Low budget Brit crime investigation flick that tries hard-ish, but is mostly a badly paced drag with greatly varying acting skills on display.

They Live (1988)

Some science fiction films, like this and The Day The Earth Stood Still, seem to become more relevant the older they get.

They're also both superb films that can be watched many, many times over and never lose their appeal.

10/10