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Their latest victim, Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings), is already wounded. But its vibe – set during Christmas in 1987 – is kept in constant motion thanks to the combined talents of Emma Booth and Stephen Curry as Evelyn and John White, the deadly duo who target one teen after another, burying their bodies in the woods. And it feels oh so very real that it might just be happening down the street from where you live. It builds and builds, sure, but its release is never in the form of a scream.

HOUNDS OF LOVE MOVIE SKIN

It’s a bizarre spell in which it weaves.įull of tense close-ups, slow motion sequences, and an opening that will make your skin crawl with its perversions, Hounds of Love works especially well due to the strength of the lens and the commanding performances. It’s brutal, man, and yet there’s an art at play which means you can never look away from the screen. Written and directed by Ben Young, this story of a couple in Perth, Australia who kidnap, torture, and kill school age teens and children for sexual pleasure pummels its audience with wave upon wave of shock until settling into a prolonged character study. This tale of kidnapping and torture is the furthest thing from a rom-com and, since there is a ragged and torn love story at the center of it, if it is someone’s idea of a romance then, fuck, that’s one hell of a sick joke. If the title, Hounds of Love, makes you think you are in for a romantic comedy then stop.

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