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I caught this Netflix'er on a double bill. This might be the best approximation of a Twilight Zone episode since the original Planet of the Apes.
This film from the creative leads of Mr. Robot stars off with unsettling music score from its first moments, jangling, jarring and thumping in all the most uncomfortable spots to make sure you aren't allowed to be comfortable until one or more characters are, then just as quickly unsettling you with the next bad development.
In a number of spots, the percussion sweeps the proscenium from the back when really loopy developments occur. All in all, a worthy emulator of the Herrmann/Goldsmith type of Twilight Zone scoring, and other modernist composers of that time.
It is a misfortune that the self-identified "anti-wokists" will likely revert to the master Netflix menu on this in the middle of the credits, but it's their loss. I dare all you hard, hard men of the internet to watch this one all the way through.
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Mar 25, 2025 - 3:01 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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I finally caught up with this film on Netflix last night.
Overall, I enjoyed it.
A bit overlong and dragged out, but it had a good vibe and atmosphere, chilled and unsettling.
The outstanding aspect of the whole production, for me, was the music score by Mac Quayle.
Really impressive and unsettling, in that perfect TWILIGHT ZONE way (which the film kinda is, really).
Spooky piano and strings with scary percussion, proper old school. Clear, acoustic, minimal. Highly effective.
Did this film come out before KNOCK AT THE CABIN? (which it reminded me of at times).
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