If you haven’t noticed yet, writing afterthoughts on the “mash”
episodes is a little difficult to approach. With a franchise it is somewhat
easy to initiate it by feelings of worth and its progression entry by entry.
Even a theme like werewolves for instance is a vast topic to pick something to
mention further. However, when you just cover three movies it is a little
difficult to have much to say when you had plenty of time to cover each film
during the episode.
The third installment of the mash was a fun one as all three
movies were sound films and not a chore to get through. Mask Maker suffered a
little bit with a return viewing but is still a good movie and one that is
recommended by all three of us. Attack the Block, I enjoyed a lot (although not
as much as my two co-hosts it seems) but either way I liked it. But the one I just
wanted to touch again on was my selection, Session 9.
Session 9 gets better with every viewing. It is rich in
atmosphere, the acting is solid, the production value is good (especially for
an independent film), and the layered writing is a treat. What makes Session 9
great, other than its basic execution of horror tropes, is it’s ability to not
be pigeon-holed into a category. It has many different angles of horror ranging
from slasher to potential possession and back. Never at any point does it lean
fully on the conventions of any one of these sub-genres.
It is in fact, its own movie.
In this young century thus far, that is a rarity we should
all embrace.
Until next time
Beware the moon,
The Professor
No comments:
Post a Comment