That German expressionism sure is nice to look at. In fact, googling “German expressionism” mostly returns results for this movie. That art design is just so much more interesting than what we see in 90% of movies, even for the text that’s cut in to display dialogue. The music of the 1994 release that I watched was also so good! The story itself is a quaint yarn right up until the end when a twist I didn’t see coming elevated it several notches (though I feel like I’m more naive or caught up in the moment than most viewers tend to be.) Hey, it turns out I love this movie.
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The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow dev. Cloak and Dagger Games (2022) “Life is for living, not for worrying about what comes after.”
The folk horror has left the strongest impression this month. Just that Lovecraftian sense of confronting the uncontrollable forces that direct the flow of things, which we cannot see nor feel except at our lowest and most desperate moments. And by then, it’s too late to escape. After playing this and Silent Hill, I’m ready for some lighter video game horrors.
