{"id":453,"date":"2022-03-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=453"},"modified":"2022-03-11T13:56:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T13:56:47","slug":"north-american-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/03\/25\/north-american-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"North American Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING: <\/strong>This Article Contains Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I know what you\u2019re all going to think when you reach the end of this article is \u201chow can she talk about North American horror and not cover films from the USA?\u201d Well, put it this way \u2013 the majority of the horror films we sit and enjoy at home or in the cinema from this part of the world are usually directly from the USA so I thought I would introduce you all to something different\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloodthirsty<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                From the opening scene, I seriously expected so much more from this film. I was hoping for a Canadian version of Raw<\/em> (French horror film, if you want to know more \u2013 I know where you can find an article about it). Instead, I was presented with what I guess can only be described as part of the monster sub-genre of horror. In my opinion, nothing really happens until maybe 10 minutes from the end in terms of our protagonist, Grey, that is. There\u2019s the obvious reveal that Vaughan Daniels isn\u2019t all that he seems to be, and that\u2019s possibly the best scene of the whole film \u2013 no matter how predictable it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animales Humanos (Mexico)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This film falls into what I can only describe as the \u2018home invasion\u2019 sub-genre of horror. This usually means that it isn\u2019t particularly terrifying and focuses more suspense than scares. In all honesty, I think The Purge <\/em>could actually learn a lot from this film because even though you are given all the information, like who the bad guys will ultimately be, it still gradually drags it out until the final 30 minutes \u2013 and that\u2019s where things really get intense! To think, all this trouble over the death of a dog \u2013 wait, I think I\u2019ve heard that somewhere before\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Side Note: not the ending I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bite (Canada)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Truthfully, you have to bear with this one a little bit because it takes some time before it actually gets good. However, when it gets good \u2013 it\u2019s really good! It\u2019s not exactly an \u2018oh my god, that\u2019s scary\u2019 kind of horror but more of a \u2018what did I just see?\u2019 kind of horror. I\u2019ll be honest, it\u2019s also one of those where I\u2019m on the side of the antagonist. Obviously, some people will disagree with me when they watch it, we all have our own opinions, but hear me out. Casey kills Jarrad\u2019s mother and Kirsten by accident and in my opinion, Jarrad and Jill deserve what they get! Jill put Casey in a horrifying position in Costa Rica just so that she could end the engagement and if Jarrad truly loved Casey, he wouldn\u2019t have had sex with Jill as soon as he found out that Casey had supposedly cheated on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Amarre<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                You know what, I\u2019m glad that this film is as short as it is because I was pretty bored for the majority of it. In the beginning, it almost feels like a telenovelas (quick translation Mexican soap opera). Things get a little bit more interesting when the girls kill Daniel but only because two more people die. Outside of that, the haunting of Julieta is pretty dull \u2013 he doesn\u2019t move much around other than the housekeys he creepily made himself. The one thing I will say for this film, however, it\u2019s a much better ending than I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death Trench<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This time I think the Canadians actually got it right. Previously it has been a case of gripping opening scene and then a lacklustre plot until 10 minutes from the end. OK, I won\u2019t say this film doesn\u2019t drag in places because it definitely does but it is easier to put up with. The isolation of being underground is assisted by the fact that it\u2019s lit only by torchlight, so you start to think you\u2019re seeing things move when they aren\u2019t. I\u2019ll be honest, when they discover what exactly has been done to the Germans in Trench 11, I felt a little grossed out but it also reminded me of The Strain <\/em>(a must-watch TV series courtesy of Guillermo Del Toro\u2026which brings me nicely to the last film in the article).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                In my opinion I\u2019ve saved the best for last. You can\u2019t talk about North American horror films, more specifically Mexican horror films, without talking about possibly one of the best directors there is \u2013 Guillermo Del Toro (no relation to Benicio, I\u2019ve checked\u2026) I think what\u2019s clever about this film, and this is only my opinion of course, is that it really does make you question who the real monsters are. It set during the Second World War and we are faced with the inhumanity that people showed towards each other during this time, crossed with the real monsters. When I saw this for the first time, the creature with the eyes in his hands truly scared me but you realise as the film goes on, no one is more monstrous than the Captain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WARNING: This Article Contains Spoilers Now, I know what you\u2019re all going to think when you reach the end of this article is \u201chow can she talk about North American horror and not cover films from the USA?\u201d Well, put it this way \u2013 the majority of the horror films we sit and enjoy at … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-the-worlds-a-stage","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}