Thoughts on movies, comic books, life, and other nonsense, by someone who should know better
Immodestly, I have a pretty wide knowledge of what’s considered “black magic” – it’s been an interest of mine since my very early teens. I say this as someone who, simultaneously, has no belief whatsoever in the supernatural or magic, it’s just a subject that I’m endlessly fascinated by. Recently, I saw a blurb on the internet claiming that a horror movie explored the Abremalin ritual in detail, so I had to see it for myself. That movie is 2016’s A Dark Song.
Here’s a question for you: what do Michael Bay’s Transformers movies have in common with A Ghost Story? What element do they possess that ties them together? On one hand, you have a multi-billion grossing kinetic action franchise full of all kinds of wanton destruction – on the other, David Lowery’s movie is small and quiet. Where could the connection possibly be? Simple: audience polarization. The audience for both appears to be divided into two camps, one who enjoys the experience, one that dislikes it.
AT THE FOOTHILLS OF MADNESS 