10/6: The Canal
Still backlogged. Workin' on it, back off me.
10/6: Today's horror was The Canal, a British haunting movie.
...OR IS IT?
That's in essence the premise of The Canal: is the haunting in it real, or all a product of a mental breakdown for the main character (David). David, moody as hell father and husband, catches his wife one night having an affair with a dude with man bun. I mean, come on lady... an affair is bad enough. But with a man bun-ed individual? That's just adding insult to injury. He, naturally, goes off the handle and sees his wife pushed into the canal by a ghostly, evil figure that has conveniently just surfaced in his home. This figure leads him to more madness and paranoia, always leaving us with the question: did seeing his wife doin' it on the floor with Man Bun snap his brain, or is there actually an evil force behind everything?
If that plot sounds familiar it's because, well, it is. Lookin' at you, The Shining. And The Amityville Horror. And... well... a bunch of other horror movies, I guess. Luckily, what The Canal ultimately lacks in originality it makes up for with how it delivers its unoriginal ideas. The Canal essentially puts a fine new coat of paint on an old house (a HAUNTED house even! ...that was awful. I apologize). This is a house we've been in, we know it, but damn it if that new coat of paint doesn't make it endearing.
Also, demon baby pregnancy. So out of left field and holy hell it's gun be imprinted on my brain for the rest of my life.
Why The Canal?
WHY.
8/10 (I'm giving out a lot of these this year)
...OR IS IT?
That's in essence the premise of The Canal: is the haunting in it real, or all a product of a mental breakdown for the main character (David). David, moody as hell father and husband, catches his wife one night having an affair with a dude with man bun. I mean, come on lady... an affair is bad enough. But with a man bun-ed individual? That's just adding insult to injury. He, naturally, goes off the handle and sees his wife pushed into the canal by a ghostly, evil figure that has conveniently just surfaced in his home. This figure leads him to more madness and paranoia, always leaving us with the question: did seeing his wife doin' it on the floor with Man Bun snap his brain, or is there actually an evil force behind everything?
If that plot sounds familiar it's because, well, it is. Lookin' at you, The Shining. And The Amityville Horror. And... well... a bunch of other horror movies, I guess. Luckily, what The Canal ultimately lacks in originality it makes up for with how it delivers its unoriginal ideas. The Canal essentially puts a fine new coat of paint on an old house (a HAUNTED house even! ...that was awful. I apologize). This is a house we've been in, we know it, but damn it if that new coat of paint doesn't make it endearing.
Also, demon baby pregnancy. So out of left field and holy hell it's gun be imprinted on my brain for the rest of my life.
Why The Canal?
WHY.
8/10 (I'm giving out a lot of these this year)
Comments
Post a Comment