Review: It feeds – a gripping, gruesome descent in fear ★★★ ☆ Cinemax

It feeds Is a slim, effective horror film that is balanced with a relentless feeling of discomfort – and it is largely successful. The film is anchored by a terrifying score and strikingly effective lighting decisions and creates a nightmare world that crawls under her skin and stays there for a long time after the credits roll.

One of the outstanding strengths of the film lies in his Sound designWhat fails fears with every creak and whisper. It works hand in hand with the atmospheric, washed -out pictures to create a bleak, oppressive atmosphere that feels almost tactile. The use of silence is just as powerful as the terrible outbursts of noise, which means that every sound feels deliberately and threatening. The lightingIt is also masterfully handled – often hidden more than it reveals, and forces the viewer to put her eyes into the shade and ask himself what to look back.

At the center of the film are his female leads, which bring both vulnerability and grit into their roles. They justify the horror in emotional realism and give the audience someone to root, even if the darkness feels overwhelming. Your services are nuanced and balancing fear with resilience in a way that increases the film beyond its more traditional genre traps.

When there is a flaw It feedsIt comes from one of his strengths: the sound design. While it is generally excellent, it can sometimes be to Aggressive – deliver Jarring audio pikes that could overwhelm certain home cinema setups. The inequality in volume and intensity may require the audience to constantly adapt their sound settings and to get them out of the otherwise urgent experience of the film.

Nevertheless, this is a little dispute in an otherwise atmospheric and artistically executed horror experience. It feeds Do not reinvent the genre, but it certainly gnaws at the edges of your nerves with style and substance.