The Retreat, 2020 – ★
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English - December 12, 2020 18:01 - 7 minutes - 5.91 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The concept of a Wendigo waiting in the forest for two unsuspecting climbers works on every level for me. Do we get that here? Not as much as you would hope. I’m not sure how the title even portrays the film correctly. Instead of a straight up creature from the forest flick, we get a lot of relationship nonsense from a reckless, needy, best man who just can’t let his buddy go.
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The concept of a Wendigo waiting in the forest for two unsuspecting climbers works on every level for me. Do we get that here? Not as much as you would hope. I’m not sure how the title even portrays the film correctly. Instead of a straight up creature from the forest flick, we get a lot of relationship nonsense from a reckless, needy, best man who just can’t let his buddy go. Sound like a fun horror movie to you? What’s worse is this film could have been stunning! Who hasn’t freaked out at the prospect of something in the forest stalking you? This is the value of Lore but the film deviates so far away from that lore, it fails to make much sense. Listen to my full podcast review here or read the rest on Horror News dot net
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