I watched this yesterday for what I thought was the first time. However, halfway through the film (to be precise, in the supermarket scene) I realised I'd seen it before - perhaps on Yorkshire Television in the early 1990s.
I thought this was a really interesting film, a melange of ideas from a lot of different sources: the suspicious coastal town of Lovecraft's 'Shadow over Innsmouth'; the framing device and smalltown USA paranoia of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS; the otherworldly ambience and themes of alienation and social disconnection from CARNIVAL OF SOULS. Contemporary references (the Manson family) are mixed with historical references (the Donner party incident), and the whole film is like an American answer to THE WICKER MAN - a film about a community's pagan past and the ground's need for blood; I guess this is a case of happy synchronicity which came about because both films grew out of the same zeitgeist.
It's a very nicely-shot film too, I thought; I guess if I have seen it before, it would be via a panned-and-scanned television broadcast. Watching it letterboxed was quite an experience.
It's a very impressive little film. Any thoughts?
I thought this was a really interesting film, a melange of ideas from a lot of different sources: the suspicious coastal town of Lovecraft's 'Shadow over Innsmouth'; the framing device and smalltown USA paranoia of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS; the otherworldly ambience and themes of alienation and social disconnection from CARNIVAL OF SOULS. Contemporary references (the Manson family) are mixed with historical references (the Donner party incident), and the whole film is like an American answer to THE WICKER MAN - a film about a community's pagan past and the ground's need for blood; I guess this is a case of happy synchronicity which came about because both films grew out of the same zeitgeist.
It's a very nicely-shot film too, I thought; I guess if I have seen it before, it would be via a panned-and-scanned television broadcast. Watching it letterboxed was quite an experience.
It's a very impressive little film. Any thoughts?
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