Spell (2020)
Thirteenth review is for this movie that was highly anticipated for me, felt like it came right on time and presented so many things I love about Black Horror movies: Diasporic spiritual traditions, dark magic, suspense, determination, a good ending, and Loretta Motherfucking Devine. Includes #spoilers :
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Spell (2020) Pros: I truly enjoyed this as a whole, the acting, the tension, and the scary gross out moments was gross. When he pulled that nail up out of his foot THEN stomped that nail back into his foot I was squirming and fighting myself not to look away cuz I’ve definitely seen worse (Kuso, Slither, Bite, lord if I could scrub those three from my mind) The steps that he took to escape were also really exciting to watch, had me stressed TF out, palpitations n eyyythang.
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Cons: The intro to the family was just tropes, I understood them, but there is nothing to pull me into the characters. I think they did well to wrap up the story in the end but I’m curious if Marquis’ father was actually dead or was it a ploy to get them up there? Nothing marked his dad as an ally, an enemy, or an immortal like the people in the community, where was he at? They never followed up on the kind of spirituality his father exposed Marquis to. The questions don’t keep me up at night, but that lady really fed his son’s hand to him. That’s OD. I was curious at why the family was not involved in the revenge. Trauma, okay, but we started with this son having a bully and there’s no foreseen positive growth for any of them, just a tense, PTSD filled ride home.
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I don’t want to rate it, I keep thinking of the gross parts and get a sick feeling, but I’d give it an 8. I would rewatch it with friends looking for a goood horror movie with literally only black folks in it, creepy acting, gross, suspenseful horror moments, Loretta Motherfucking Devine, and a “Yes, They got away” ending. Also it’s the type of movie that doesn’t have one big plot twist that would make rewatching it just a count down to that moment, it’s the bumpy ridddee TO FREEDOM!
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