American horrors. The film "Guest": reviews looked. "Uninvited guests": reviews and reviews

The famous film critic Paul Wells put forward the theory that the history of the horror film genre reflects the history of the troubles of modern society. The specialist listed the main narratives of modern horror: the collapse of spiritual and moral foundations, social alienation and identity crisis. It is these burning topics that affect the American horrors "Guest" (IMDb: 6.70) and "Uninvited Guests" (IMDb: 5.70).

The most successful among beginners

The film "Guest" reviews foreign filmmakers are hard to classify in the horror genre, experts tend to position the picture as a thriller with elements of a thriller. Although he was deservedly awarded the MPAA-R rating and the age limit is 18+.

The premiere display of the tape in Russia took place in 2015, the date of the world premiere is January 2014. The project was directed by Adam Wingard, the most successful young thriller-horror director of the "new wave", who earlier took part in the production of the almanacs "The ABC of Death" and "Evil." His debut works were repeatedly awarded close attention and praise from fans of "hard cinema". Authors-contributors of the profile press started talking about Wingard after coming to the screen of his author's slasher "You are the end!". "Guest" (film 2014) reviews, in comparison with the first project, received a more positive, vivid visual style, a juicy black sense of humor attracted the attention of many.

Plot

The plot of the tape does not shine with innovative findings, so the movie "Guest" reviews about the story line received restrained. Mrs. Peterson (Sheila Killy) and her husband (Leland Orser) have recently experienced an eerie tragedy, their eldest son, who served in the army, was killed. Therefore, the appearance in their mansion of a colleague of the deceased David (Dan Stevens), who came to convey the last words of his deceased friend, did not alert the heartbroken couple. Petersons persuade the young man to stay in their house, soon he finds an approach to the two younger children of the couple - Anne (Mike Monroe) and her brother Luke (Brendan Meyer). But is David what he claims to be for?

Horror stories about the wolf in sheep's clothing

After reading a brief description of the story line to the sophisticated spectator, a fan of the genre, an understanding of why the plot of the picture "Guest" (2015) reviews the film is called the next variation on the theme of a wolf in sheep's clothing. Indeed, in terms of the scenario, the picture does not represent anything breakthrough. Such a development of history the audience could contemplate in "Otchime" and "Hand that rocks the cradle". And despite a number of curious ideas of the writer Simon Barrett on the topic of how dangerous it is to lose vigilance, the script and the entire movie "Guest" reviews foreign film critics recognized as sewn white threads. This explains the carelessness of the characters in the picture, who occasionally commit stupid things that are not their status.

At the level of "Fight Club"

However, positive reviewers, analyzing the film "Guest", the reviews posted constructive, explaining the shortcomings of the script by the director's rates for style. And he in Vingard's project is catchy, saturated, so the unreasoned turns of the plot action drown in it, like in a quagmire. The work of the director was associated with a brilliant game in postmodern, in which a whole layer of pop culture is seen. The soundtrack is similar to the musical accompaniment of cult "Drive" and "Maniac", pulsating movements of the camera and more than realistic scenes of violence, as in "Reid", unceasing references to the mainstream of the 90's. Indeed, Adam Wingard did not invent a new subgenre, he created a kind of mixtape.

For all the undoubted merits of the film "Guest" (2013) reviews of individual viewers put on one level with the canonical "Fight Club". However, film critics moderate their ardor, because David Fincher's work contains a universal morality, and Vingard's project does not solve pressing problems and does not teach anything like that.

The main actors

The undoubted find of the film is deservedly considered the performer of the main role Dan Stevens, familiar to the audience on the stiff British television movie "Downton Abbey." In the image of his character, the actor blended perfectly - courteous, smart, attractive. The hero of Dan constantly smiles, while his smile has hundreds of shades, its range varies from sincere sympathy to a menacing grin that does not bode well. The charm of Stevens's character extends not only to the trusting couple Peterson, but also to those watching, even when the hero demonstrates his dark side, the viewer will continue to sympathize with him. And "sick" will be for David, and not for the armada of agents sent to neutralize him. David from Stevens is an antagonist, with charisma that eclipses all the goodies of the tape.

Not inferior to him in professionalism is the performer of the role of Anna Mike Monroe, who, according to the filmmakers, is already stepping on the heels of Jamie Lee Curtis. Probably, soon it will become a new "queen of screaming", especially if after the "Guest" the actress will be attracted by mastodons of modern direction, unaccustomed to postmodernism.

It should not be bothered. Horror "Uninvited Guests"

The creators of "Uninvited Guests", director Adam Schindler, screenwriter TJ Simfel, under the leadership of a group of producers, were well prepared for the promotion of their project, creating an exciting trailer. Although the intriguing video produces the most significant plot twist, but uniquely clings, prompting for viewing. Critics, describing the horror "Uninvited Guests", reviews of the film left diametrically opposed, not forgetting to indicate the age limit - 18+ and the rating of MPAA - R. The structure of the narrative of the painting was subjected to special criticism, although the beginning of the tape is quite promising.

Synopsis

The film begins with an introduction to the main character Anna (Bet Risgraf), suffering from agoraphobia, and her brother, who is on his deathbed. A man dies of cancer, but even in the last moments of her life, Anna refuses to forgive her brother, which clearly hints at the presence of significant skeletons in the family cupboard. The narrative begins to develop briskly with the appearance of a troika of bandits consisting of a weak-willed coward, a mentally unstable maniac and a collected leader. It would be time to begin to worry about the fate of the unfortunate heroine, unable to leave the walls of her home. However, not everything is so sad, it turns out, Anna has a pair of trump cards in her sleeve. Soon it is not clear who the poor victim is, and who is a cold-blooded hunter. This is the synopsis of the horror "Uninvited Guests". Reviews of the film in 2015 characterize the plot of the picture as a secondary.

Mexican Duel

To bias the bias of the reviewers who blame the Adam Schindler project for the weakness of the narrative structure is not possible. The author too quickly puts all the cards on the table: the heroine can not leave the house because of agoraphobia, the robbers turn the mansion upside down in search of money, and then the same "skeleton in the closet" comes to light. After this, the narrative seems to fly into an invisible barrier and simply refuses to move on. The real "Mexican duel" begins, diluted with primitive sessions of psychoanalysis, during which all secrets of the past of the main heroine creep out into the light. The plot mosaic is really too fast, although the creators are trying their best to delay the culmination of the final revelation.

Advantages and disadvantages

The authors' efforts were underestimated to the fullest. Reviews of the movie "Uninvited Guests" (2016) indicate a number of shortcomings, among which a small amount of material for a full-length film, characters that can be counted on the fingers. Some reviewers say that at some point the horror turns into a boring and tedious "boltology." Among the merits of the film is often called the professional visual part performed at a decent level, and powerful negative charisma by Jack Kesi, who played the role of the leader of the bandit trinity. Although, in the opinion of film critics, even he is unable to help the project authors determine what they are shooting - a brutal cruel exploit such as "I spit on your graves" (then the holes in the logic of storytelling and the storyline bend are considered permissible) or psychological thriller, in Which rates are made on complex characteristics, rather than on rivers of blood. As a result, according to the verdict of specialists, the creators of the picture are short of either one or the other - heroes are stereotyped, secrets are predictable, episodes of violence are rare.