So it was a better Wicker Man remake then the Wicker Man remake was.
It was OK.. I was really into the first hour and a half.. But the film was 2 and 1/2 hours long and there ended up being too much really goofy cult stuff for me. The payoff was not good enough either.. You make me wait that long the payoff should be better.
Like Hereditary this film is about something more then what you see on the screen.. Its ultimately about the end of a relationship but IMO it was just too drawn out. Film could have shaved off some run time for sure.
One of the things that a good cult movie has IMO is that somehow it makes you feel the temptation to be a part of it even though you know something is wrong.. You want to give in to said temptation.. Think of the original Wicker Man or even a fish out of water film like Hostel (talking about the drug use and sex not the killing
) . You see this strange kinda creepy world but the ability to let go all of your inhibitions at the price of your soul may give even the most honorable man a moment to pause. The cult in this film were a bunch of goofs from the beginning. Most would not want to hang around two minutes after arriving. There was one character who may have had an excuse to stick around but that is about it. You need to feel like at least for a little bit that the cult or people in it would be fun to hang with... Had the film been an hour to 45 min shorter I could forgive that as it would have been a tight movie with a feeling of dread throughout... But it ended up loosing me by then end... I was just so sick of being a part of that camp.
Having said that I was uncomfortable for the first hour or so and like the look and set up. It just got to be a bit too much and like I said it never had a true payoff... At least not one that I did not see coming / seen before / and seen done better.
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