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XX is all-female helmed horror anthology featuring four dark tales written and directed by fiercely talented women: Annie Clark rocks her directorial debut with The Birthday Party; Karyn Kusama exorcises Her Only Living Son; Roxanne Benjamin screams Don't Fall; and Jovanka Vuckovic dares to open The Box.
The Birthday Party tells the story of a harried housewife who tries to keep her daughter - and their noisy neighbours - from discovering a dark secret the morning of her daughter’s eighth birthday party.
Her Only Living Son follows Cora, who, 18 years prior had narrowly escaped Manhattan, a narcissistic actor husband and a cult with designs on her unborn child. Now Cora finds herself coming face to face with a son who can no longer deny his monstrous heritage.
Don't Fall tells the story about a group of friends who get into trouble when they venture off the beaten path and trespass on someone - or something-else’s land while on a camping trip.
The Box, based on a story by Jack Ketchum, tells the story of seven-year-old Danny, who, after glancing in a shiny red gift box while on a commuter train, stops eating. When his father and sister also begin to waste away, Danny’s mother Susan struggles to make the connection between herself, her dying family and the mysterious box before it’s too late.
(Monster Pictures)
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In XX, women who want to make horror movies get together. Basically, except for the second story, they managed to make a horror movie. The women just show that overall the horror is rather lacking and that there's a lack of ideas here. But that's not because the films were made by women, it's simply because that's the status quo. It's not rock bottom, definitely not, but it needs some more work to become a hit.
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The marketing touted it as a “lady’s” horror anthology - whatever, the result is weak. That all the stories were directed by a woman and that their plots revolve around women is not a very strong concept. Actually, it isn’t a concept at all, it’s just a shallow political statement that means nothing, especially when it’s not worth much overall. The first story looks mysterious, but doesn’t go anywhere. The second story is utterly useless. The third story is a banal demon chase that ends almost before it begins – I was surprised when the fourth story began! That one’s directed by Karyn Kusama, and it’s the only with an interesting premise, which I would love to see developed as a feature film. In a mere twenty minutes it’s able to generate a little bit of interest, at most, but not the bond with the characters that would be needed for a stronger experience.
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