They finally released this movie on netflix and I just watched it. For some reason I got a Dario Argento vibe coming from the film. Nothing against Argento, but this film surpassed everything he has done (in my opinion), but I did feel some influences.
Anyone else picking up what I am putting down?
Raccoon City is not dead...
It's just playing Possum.
Yes, thought the same when I recently watched it.
But on reflection, I think it's more of a 'giallo vibe' rather than an 'Argento vibe'. Much like classic giallo plots, it is filled with red herrings and you are constantly trying to predict who is the perpetrator, only to realise you were wrong after all (well, I was!).
But stylistically speaking, this has nothing on Argento in his heyday.
I suppose you are right about it being more of a Giallo violent mystery/thriller thing going on.
Raccoon City is not dead...
It's just playing Possum.
I had more of a Hitchcockian vibe. This movie wasn't just horror, it was also edge of your seat thriller and mystery.
There is no comparison to Argento. His films are mostly people getting killed in the most graphic and the worst way possible. The snuff tape killing, although bloody, wasn't really graphic like what you see in Argento. Plus "Tesis" is not littered with gross scenes like what you see in an Argento film. Like we never got to see the cut-up body in the train tracks at the beginning of the film.
There is no comparison to Argento.
His films are mostly people getting killed in the most graphic and the worst way possible.
The snuff tape killing, although bloody, wasn't really graphic like what you see in Argento. Plus "Tesis" is not littered with gross scenes like what you see in an Argento film