Stoker (2013)
Directed by Park
Chan-wook this film stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode and Nicole
Kidman. Following the death of her father an 18 year old girl and her
mother are visited by an uncle they never knew about.
This film takes a
fairly standard plot and puts it together with a coming of age tale
to form an excellent Hitchcock inspired narrative (specifically
Shadow of a Doubt). It is the direction that really makes this film
going from subtle creepiness to full on darkness gradually over the
course of the film. There is plenty of symbolism at work as the
direction takes what could have been an average genre effort above
and beyond what you usually expect.
5/5
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