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'The Last Thing Mary Saw' Review: A Poisonous Queer Period Piece

Ua aneane lilo nā ʻāpana wā kāne kāne a male kāne paha i mea kaulana i kēia manawa (ke nānā aku iā ʻoe, ʻAmona) akā pehea ka pinepine o lākou e hele ai i ka ʻano hoʻoweliweli? ʻO ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni mua a Edoardo Vitaletti ʻO ka mea hope loa a Mary Saw i ʻike ai kau i kēia pilina ma ke kikowaena o ka hoʻomana hoʻomana ʻino o ʻAmelika 19th century.
ʻO ka hoʻokalakupua me nā kumumanaʻo o ka ʻuhane a me ka mālama ʻana i kahi leo ʻoluʻolu a puni, ua kūpono kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe o kēia wā e like me ʻO ke kupua, ʻo ka Nightingale, a midsommar. ʻO ka pilina aloha ʻole ma waena o nā wahine alakaʻi ʻelua a me ka moʻolelo koʻikoʻi ke kū nei, akā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni e ka wikiwiki a me kahi ʻano paʻakikī.

ʻO Stefanie Scott lāua ʻo Isabelle Fuhrman ma "The Last Thing Mary Saw" - Photo Credit: Shudder
ʻO ka mea hope loa a Mary Saw i ʻike ai hoʻomaka me Mary, nīnau ʻia ʻoiai ua pani ʻia kona mau maka a me ke koko mai nā maka e pili ana i ka make ʻana o kona kupuna wahine a me nā mea i hana ʻia i kona wā hoʻolewa. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i nā hanana e hiki mai ana i kēlā manawa, ʻo ka pili aloha ʻana me ke kahu wahine, ʻo Eleanor, a me kāna ʻohana i ka hoʻopaʻi a me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka male. Hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka ʻohana a hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka kāne, i ka manawa like lākou e hoʻolālā ai i ko lākou pakele ponoʻī ʻoiai ke komo ʻana o ka mea komo i ko lākou home.
ʻO ka mea hope loa a Mary Saw i ʻike ai nā hōkū Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Mokuna 3, Keiki Nani) a me Isabelle Fuhrman (ʻO nā keiki makua ʻole, The Hunger Games, The Novice) ma ke ʻano he poʻe ipo kapu ma Victorian America, a ʻo Rory Culkin (Nā Haku o Chaos, Uā 4) ma ke ʻano he mea komo ʻole i loko o ko lākou ʻohana.
Hōʻike akamai nā alakaʻi ʻekolu i ka huhū o ka noho ʻana i ko lākou kūlana, me Fuhrman e kū nei i waho no ka hana ʻana me ka ʻole o ka huaʻōlelo a ʻo Culkin e lawe mai i ka ikehu nuanced, chaotic i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

ʻO Rory Culkin ma "The Last Thing Mary Saw" - Kiʻi Kiʻi: Shudder
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka puhi lohi i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ʻoluʻolu ka holomua o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a ʻo ka hopena he hihia koko a pupule.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka pilina ma ke kikowaena ma kahi ʻano ʻano ʻokoʻa: ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ke aloha ʻana o nā kaikamahine a i ʻole kekahi hopohopo i loaʻa iā lākou, akā he aloha aloha wale nō ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua. He mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa paha nā ʻano hoʻomana o kēia, akā e hana pū me nā kumumanaʻo o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke kahua.
Leʻaleʻa nā kaikamahine i ka heluhelu ʻana i kahi puke moʻolelo i kekahi i kekahi, akā ma ka hopena o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, huli kēia puke iā lākou. He mau māka mokuna ka puke no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ponoʻī, me he mea lā e hahai ana i ka moʻolelo hoʻomanaʻo, e like me ka Baibala.
Ma keʻano laulā, he manaʻo koʻikoʻi loa ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni no ka hoʻomana Kalikiano, no ka mea, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia he kala ʻole loa, pōʻino a make ʻole. Hoʻonohonoho pinepine ia i ka neʻe hoʻomana, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kēia manawa o ka mōʻaukala, ma ke ʻano he mea hana e hoʻokuke aku i ka poʻe i kūpono ʻole i ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka wahine a me ka poʻe queer. He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maʻalahi paha kēia, akā manaʻo wau e haʻi ana ʻaʻole ia e hoʻolilo i nā mea queer i mau kilokilo. Ma mua o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā wahine i archetypes nui o nā kilokilo e hoʻokaʻawale hou aku iā lākou, ua koho ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni e hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka "witch" i kēlā manawa: nā wahine maʻamau i ʻaʻa kūʻē i kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻomana Karistiano, a i ʻole i hoʻopiʻi wale ʻia no ke kuko. a i ʻole ka ʻawaʻawa.
In ʻO ka mea hope loa a Mary Saw i ʻike ai, Hoʻohana ʻia ka Kristiano ma ke ʻano he mea hana no ka hoʻopaʻi e kākoʻo i ka patriarchy heteronormative.

ʻO Stefanie Scott lāua ʻo Isabelle Fuhrman ma "The Last Thing Mary Saw" - Photo Credit: Shudder
ʻOiai ke hoʻolei nei kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni i nā mea hoʻonani a hoʻoweliweli, paʻakikī ʻo ia e huki iā lākou i kahi ʻano ʻike piha. E like me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻoweliweli folky ʻē aʻe, mālama ia i ka hapa nui o ka hana no ka hopena, i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi poʻe he pilikia. I ka manawa like, ua kiola ʻia kekahi o nā hana i loko o kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma waho o ke kahua hema a he paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo i kekahi manawa i ka mea e hana nei i nā manawa kikoʻī me ka pā.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka flashback he koho hui i manaʻo ʻole he pono, ʻoiai hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu i koho ʻia ai. I ka hiki ʻana i nā manawa hope loa o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ua like ia me ka palupalu i ka hopena o ka hapakolu hope loa o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
ʻO kekahi pilikia liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo ia ka hoʻoponopono ʻole ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke mele a me ka hoʻolālā leo i manaʻo ʻia ma hope o ke kaʻina hana. Aia kekahi mau manawa aʻu i noʻonoʻo ai, pono e piʻi ka mele ma ʻaneʻi, a i ʻole ua ʻoki ʻia kēia pana i kekahi mau kekona i hala.

Kiʻi Kiʻi: Shudder
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, maikaʻi loa ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ʻaneʻi, akā ua paʻa pū ʻia i loko o kahi hiʻohiʻona weliweli o ka poʻe: nā ʻāina ʻeleʻele, nā hale liʻiliʻi, nā ʻulaʻula a me nā holoi hina. I ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni i loko o ka hale, ua maikaʻi loa ka hana ʻana o ka pahupaʻikiʻi a hoʻomanaʻo ʻia i ke ola mau ʻana o nā kiʻi pena kiʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 19. Hōʻike a hana maikaʻi ka mana pena ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni e hana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni nani loa.
ʻO ka poʻe i loko o ke ala hou ʻana o ke ahi lohi, ʻike ʻia nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli i nā mea makemake nui i kēia ʻāpana queer period. ʻO nā hana koʻikoʻi a Fuhrman lāua ʻo Culkin e hopu i ka pale me ka piʻi ʻana o nā hanana a me ka hopena hewa a kahaha. ʻAʻole paha e ʻoliʻoli ka poʻe ʻaʻole makemake i kēlā sub-genre, no ka mea, hāʻule loa ia i loko o nā pahele maʻamau o nā mea weliweli ʻē aʻe o kēia wā, e like me ka wikiwiki.
ʻO ka mea hope loa a Mary Saw i ʻike ai ka mua ma Haalulu Ian. 20. E nānā i ka trailer ma lalo.

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[Fantastic Fest] 'Infested' ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia e hana i ka poʻe e ʻoluʻolu, lele a hoʻōho.

He wā lōʻihi ka hana ʻana o nā spider i ka nalo ʻana o ka poʻe me ka makaʻu i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO ka manawa hope aʻu i hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka lilo ʻana o kou manaʻo kānalua me arachnophobia. ʻO ka mea hou loa mai ke alakaʻi, ʻo Sébastien Vaniček i hana i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni like arachnophobia hana i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ai.
Hoʻopiʻi ʻia hoʻomaka me kekahi poʻe ma waena o ka wao nahele e ʻimi ana i nā ʻōhua exotic ma lalo o nā pōhaku. Ke loaʻa, lawe ʻia ka spider i loko o kahi pahu e kūʻai aku ai i nā ʻohi.
ʻO Flash iā Kaleb kahi kanaka makaʻu loa i nā holoholona puaʻa. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, loaʻa iā ia kahi hōʻiliʻili liʻiliʻi ʻole o lākou ma kāna pā. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hana ʻo Kaleb i ka spider wao nahele i hale liʻiliʻi maikaʻi i loko o kahi pahu kāmaʻa piha me nā ʻāpana ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaha ai ka spider. ʻO kāna pūʻiwa, ua hoʻokō ka spider i ka pakele mai ka pahu. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ka ʻike ʻana he mea make kēia spider a hoʻohua hou ʻo ia i nā helu weliweli. ʻAʻole koke, piha ka hale me lākou.

Ua ʻike ʻoe i kēlā mau manawa liʻiliʻi i loaʻa iā mākou a pau me nā ʻiniko makemake ʻole e komo mai i loko o ko mākou home. Ua ʻike ʻoe i kēlā mau manawa ma mua o ka hahau ʻana iā lākou me kahi pulumu a ma mua paha o kā mākou kau ʻana i ke aniani ma luna o lākou. ʻO kēlā mau manawa liʻiliʻi i hoʻomaka koke ai lākou iā mākou a hoʻoholo paha e holo i ka wikiwiki o ka māmā Hoʻopiʻi ʻia hana me ka hala ole. Nui nā manawa e hoʻāʻo ai kekahi e pepehi iā lākou me kahi pulumu, akā e hoʻopūʻiwa ʻia ka holo pololei ʻana o ka spider i ko lākou lima a ma ko lākou alo a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī. haalulu
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka poʻe noho o ka hale e nā mākaʻi i manaʻoʻiʻo mua aia kahi maʻi maʻi i loko o ka hale. No laila, ua paʻa kēia poʻe kamaʻāina pōʻino i loko me nā tonana o nā pūnawele e neʻe kūʻokoʻa ana i nā puka makani, nā kihi a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe āu e noʻonoʻo ai. Aia kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi i loko o ka lumi hoʻomaha e holoi ana i ko lākou mau maka/lima a ʻike pū ʻia hoʻi i ka nui o nā spiders e kolo ana mai ka makani ma hope o lākou. Hoʻopiha ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni me nā manawa hauʻoli nui e like me ka pau ʻole.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā kiʻi he nani. Huki maikaʻi kēlā me kēia o lākou mai ka pāʻani, hoʻohenehene, a me ka weliweli a hana i kēlā hana i kēlā me kēia kuʻi o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Hoʻokani pū ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i nā ʻāʻī o kēia manawa ma ka honua ma waena o nā mokuʻāina a me nā poʻe e hoʻāʻo e ʻōlelo i ka wā e pono ai ke kōkua maoli. ʻO ka pōhaku a me kahi hoʻolālā wahi paʻakikī o ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni he ʻokoʻa kūpono.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ʻo Kaleb a me kona mau hoalauna e hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou i loko, hoʻomaka ka piʻi ʻana o ke anuanu a me ke kino i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai nā spiders e ulu a hana hou.
Hoʻopiʻi ʻia is arachnophobia hui me kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni Safdie Brothers e like me Nā Daimana ʻoki ʻole ʻia. Hoʻohui i nā manawa koʻikoʻi ʻo Safdie Brothers i piha i nā huaʻōlelo e kamaʻilio ana kekahi i kekahi a me ka hoʻōho ʻana ma ke kamaʻilio wikiwiki ʻana a me ka hopohopo i kahi ʻano hauʻoli i piha i nā spider make e kolo ana i nā poʻe āpau a loaʻa iā ʻoe. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia.
Hoʻopiʻi ʻia he mea weliweli a hū ʻia me ka lua-a-kekona nail-biting weliweli. ʻO kēia ka manawa weliweli loa āu e loaʻa ai i kahi hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni no ka manawa lōʻihi. Inā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ʻoe ka arachnophobia ma mua o ka nānā ʻana iā Infested, e hana ʻoe ma hope.
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[Fantastic Fest] Hāʻawi ʻo 'Ka mea āu e makemake ai' i kahi kīʻaha hewa

Makemake nui au i kēia mau ʻono ʻono o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO kāu mea e makemake ai hāʻawi mai iā mākou i ka mea a mākou e makemake ai ma ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e pili ana i ka poʻe waiwai a me ka nui o ka mea e hiki ai iā lākou ke pakele a me nā mea pupule e hiki ke hana i ka wā e luhi ai lākou. ʻO ka hopena he mea hoʻopilikia a hauʻoli loa i ka lehulehu.
ʻO kāu mea e makemake ai ʻO nā hōkū ʻo Nick Stahl ma ke ʻano ʻo Ryan he Chef i kono ʻia e kāna hoaaloha ʻo Jack e hoʻolimalima i kekahi manawa i loko o kahi hale nahele nani a mehameha. Ua wehewehe ʻo Jack ua lilo kāna gig i ke ola i ka huakaʻi i nā wahi nani a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā ʻaina ahiahi kūikawā no nā hōʻiliʻili o nā poʻe waiwai ikaika.
Ke lawe ʻia ʻo Ryan i ke ola like me Jack, ʻike koke ʻo ia e makaʻala ʻoe i kāu mea e makemake ai, a ʻo ka kuke ʻana no kēia hōʻiliʻili o nā kānaka ʻaʻole ia ka mea āna i manaʻo ai… Hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia mau mea a pau no kahi hana hope ʻo ia ka holo kaʻa o kou noho i piha i ka ʻakaʻaka e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.

E like me ko Hitchcock ʻO ke kaula, ka mea āu e makemake ai hoʻolauna i nā pōʻino ma ka waiho ʻana iā lākou i mua o ka ʻike a laila hoʻomaka ka neʻe ʻana o nā kiʻi iā lākou me ka ʻike ʻole. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻike ka poʻe i nā mea weliweli huna e hana ana i kahi holo hauʻoli lean.
Maikaʻi ka ʻike ʻana iā Nick Stahl i ka pale nui pū kekahi. Heʻoihana nuiʻo Stahl i kona wā'ōpiopio. ʻOi aku koʻu hoihoi i kēia māhele o kāna ʻoihana. Hoʻokomo maikaʻi ʻo Stahl i kēia ʻano a ʻo ia kekahi o kēlā mau dudes āu e aʻa ai no ka manawa holoʻokoʻa.
Ua alakaʻi ʻo Nicholas Tomnay i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Pono nā mea a pau a hele mai i ka wīwī me ka momona a pau i ʻoki ʻia. ʻO ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i kēia mau huaʻōlelo a puni a hana i ka ipu paila no lākou e ʻāwīwī a pāʻani i loko he wati nani loa.
ʻO kāu mea e makemake ai He mea hoʻohauʻoli ʻino, hoʻonāukiuki, he cross-pollination o Hitchcock a me Nā Tale Mai Ka Crypt. Hāʻawi ʻo Tomnay i kahi kīʻaha wīwī a hiki ʻole ke huki ʻia. Mai ka hoʻomaka a i ka pau ʻana he ʻahaʻaina leʻaleʻa ʻino.
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[Fantastic Fest] Ua hoʻohuli ʻo 'Wake Up' i kahi hale kūʻai lako hale i loko o kahi Gory, Gen Z Activist Hunting Ground

ʻAʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i kekahi mau wahi hoʻonaninani home Suedena e lilo i kumu ʻole no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli. Akā, ka mea hou loa mai ʻO Turbo Kid nā alakaʻi, 1,2,3 e hoʻi hou i ka 1980s a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a mākou i aloha ai mai ke au. ʻO Wake Up hoʻonoho iā mākou i kahi cross-pollination o nā mea hoʻomāinoino a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni hana nui.
ʻO Wake Up ʻo ia ke aliʻi i ka lawe ʻana mai i ka mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia a lawelawe ʻia me kahi ʻano maikaʻi o nā pepehi kanaka ʻino a me ka hana. ʻO ka hapa nui, hoʻopau ʻia ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni holoʻokoʻa i loko o kahi hale hoʻolālā hale. I kekahi pō, ua hoʻoholo kekahi pūʻulu o GenZ e peʻe i loko o ka hale ma mua o ka pani ʻana i mea e hōʻino ai i kahi e hōʻoia ai i kā lākou kumu o ka pule. ʻAʻole maopopo iā lākou kekahi o nā kiaʻi palekana e like me Jason Voorhees me Rambo e like me ka ʻike o nā mea kaua i hana lima ʻia a me nā pahele. ʻAʻole liʻuliʻu ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mea i waho o ka lima.
I ka wā e wehe ai nā mea ʻO Wake Up ʻaʻole hoʻokuʻu i kekona. Hoʻopiha ʻia ia me nā leʻaleʻa puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu a me ka nui o nā mea noʻonoʻo a me nā mea make. Hana ʻia kēia mau mea a pau e hoʻāʻo nei kēia poʻe ʻōpio e hoʻokuʻu i ka pō mai loko mai o ka hale kūʻai me ke ola, ʻoiai ʻo ke kiaʻi palekana ʻole ʻo Kevin ua hoʻopiha i ka hale kūʻai me nā ton o nā pahele.
ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona, ʻo ia hoʻi, e lawe i ka makana horror cake no ka mea ʻoluʻolu a ʻoluʻolu loa. Hana ʻia ia i ka wā e hina ai ka hui o nā keiki i kahi pahele o Kevin. Hoʻopiha ʻia nā keiki me kahi pūʻulu wai. No laila, ke manaʻo nei kaʻu ʻencyclopedia weliweli o ka lolo, he kinoea paha a e loaʻa iā Kevin kahi Gen Z BBQ. Akā, hiki i Wake Up ke kāhāhā hou. Hōʻike ʻia ke ʻoki ʻia nā kukui a ke kū nei nā keiki me ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e hōʻike ʻoe i ka wai he pena ʻālohilohi i ka ʻeleʻele. Hoʻomālamalama kēia i ka waiwai pio a Kevin iā ia e ʻike i kona neʻe ʻana i ka malu. He ʻoluʻolu loa ka hopena a ua hana ʻia 100 pakeneka e ka hui hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli.
ʻO ka hui o nā alakaʻi ma hope o Turbo Kid ke kuleana no kahi huakaʻi hou i ka 80s slashers me Wake Up. ʻO ka hui weliweli ʻo Anouk Whissell, François Simard, a me Yoann-Karl Whissell. Noho paʻa lākou a pau i ka honua o 80s weliweli a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni hana. He hui e hiki ai i ka poʻe kiʻiʻoniʻoni ke hoʻokomo i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻO Wake Up he pahū piha mai ka slasher kahiko i hala.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli ke hoʻopau lākou i nā memo haʻahaʻa. No kēlā me kēia kumu e nānā ana i ke kanaka maikaʻi e lanakila a mālama i ka lā ma kahi kiʻi weliweli ʻaʻole ia he nānā maikaʻi. I kēia manawa, i ka wā e make ai ka poʻe maikaʻi a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopakele i ka lā a i ʻole ka pau ʻole o nā wāwae a i ʻole kekahi mea like, lilo ia i mea maikaʻi loa a poina ʻole i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻAʻole au makemake e hāʻawi i kekahi mea akā i ka wā o ka Q a me A ma Fantastic Fest, ua paʻi ʻo Yoann-Karl Whissell i ka poʻe a pau i ka hālāwai me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli e make nā mea a pau, ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO ia ka noʻonoʻo āu e makemake ai ma kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni weliweli a ʻike ka hui e mālama i nā mea leʻaleʻa a piha i ka make.
ʻO Wake Up Hāʻawi iā mākou i nā manaʻo GenZ a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i kahi mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia First koko e like me ka ikaika o ke ʻano. ʻO ka nānā ʻana iā Kevin e hoʻohana ana i nā pahele hana lima a me nā mea kaua e hoʻopau ai i nā mea hoʻoikaika he leʻaleʻa hewa a he leʻaleʻa nui. ʻO ka pepehi kanaka, ka ʻeha, a me ke koko koko ʻo Kevin e hoʻolilo i kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni i manawa maikaʻi loa. ʻAe, a ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei mākou ʻo nā manawa hope loa o kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni e kau i kou ʻāwae i ka papahele.