As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive. SYNOPSIS: Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. Hounds of Love also squanders a perfect excuse to have a Kate Bush song to score an action sequence as what could have been setup for an unforgettable thriller that demands a rewatch.ĭespite the potential of the brilliantly constructed opening act (and compelling use of slow-mo), Hounds of Love disappoints as well as disgusts by leaning too far into ‘torture porn’, all the while leaving far too little to the imagination.ĬAST: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry, Susie Porter The rest of the cast is fairly one-note and vaguely explored over the duration of the film, Vicki showing plenty of intelligence but for the most part remaining a helpless and passive victim, which is disappointing. Evelyn is a violent sadist, but not without her doubts about her relationship to John (Curry), her partner in crime.
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The one character that shows the most shading is Evelyn White (Booth), one of the serial killer partners that picks up the protagonist, poor Vicki Maloney (Cummings). Fate leads them to Vicki Maloney, a teen who snuck out of her house at night to go. While Hounds of Love isn’t quite as emotionally bankrupt as Saw, it’s not exactly fleshed out either. In 1987, murderous couple John and Evelyn roam the streets of Perth, Australia, searching for their latest victim. More comparable to Saw than Green Room in the school of claustrophobic and gory horror-thriller hybrids, Young’s film has a menace that bubbles underneath the surface of the outstanding first 20 minutes of the film, and completely boils over for the rest. The traditional image of family and suburban utopia is completely shattered, leaving only broken people, a lot of screaming, and bodily fluids. With her self-produced fifth album, Kate Bush became a total auteur, embracing the possibilities of digital sampling synthesizers and creating a perfect marriage of technique and exploration. Sharing a namesake, and maybe some themes, with the hit song by Kate Bush, Australian director Ben Young’s debut film is a deeply depraved and shockingly cruel vision of suburbia. For those with the emotional wherewithal to. I was right im giving this such a high rating because the title card Did Get Me, there were moments that I liked the stupid synth score, and also Yusuf/Cat Stevens. Hounds of Love's more memorable and chilling than any of its gorier counterparts could hope to be.
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Hounds of Love is one of those films that most people can only stomach once. Summer of the Beast 4 film 25 i kept putting this one off because i knew, I Knew, there was no way this movie was going to be as good as the one I made up in my head.