Oh they wanted it so badly! But, hitting something harder doesn't necessarily make the point stronger. You can be left with an empty feeling given the simplistic message trying to be conveyed no matter how loudly it is screamed.
Not quite certain what supernatural fantasy creature they are conveying, but it doesn't really matter. And there's something related to female maturation that triggers it. (Still don't quite know why 18 is used as that mark as this isn't natural in origin, but it's a socially constructed idea. So it makes even less sense that it would coincide with a supernatural or preternatural event.)
Then, let's set it in the turbulence and apathy of adolescence. Then there is parental abandonment, female suppression, the perversity of male dominance, and the dismantling of paternity to mark the power of maternity. Whew! Get a score card to keep track of all the boxes that it checks.
Wow. So amazing. So fresh of ideas, if it were 1972.
The film also fails from the mixture of tones: fantasy, supernatural horror, feminist revenge plot, adolescent coming of age, family drama, serial killer. The acting is contrived across the board, but I feel that is a problem of the script and direction rather than the actors. How all the actors were able to make is this film without laughing at the absurdity if the story is beyond me.
Not quite certain what supernatural fantasy creature they are conveying, but it doesn't really matter. And there's something related to female maturation that triggers it. (Still don't quite know why 18 is used as that mark as this isn't natural in origin, but it's a socially constructed idea. So it makes even less sense that it would coincide with a supernatural or preternatural event.)
Then, let's set it in the turbulence and apathy of adolescence. Then there is parental abandonment, female suppression, the perversity of male dominance, and the dismantling of paternity to mark the power of maternity. Whew! Get a score card to keep track of all the boxes that it checks.
Wow. So amazing. So fresh of ideas, if it were 1972.
The film also fails from the mixture of tones: fantasy, supernatural horror, feminist revenge plot, adolescent coming of age, family drama, serial killer. The acting is contrived across the board, but I feel that is a problem of the script and direction rather than the actors. How all the actors were able to make is this film without laughing at the absurdity if the story is beyond me.