Oded Fehr is in this movie, but isn't listed anywhere or on anything! Why? X.
The film itself is an interesting idea, but there are large chunks that could have been cut and it would have made NO difference to the film. Some of the effects were very good, but some were awful. I really enjoyed the imagery of the 'visions/hallucinations' and wanted more from that and the mythos behind it. It can be quite gory in places, so if that's not your thing, this might not be the film for you.
It's an interesting horror movie with elements of different genres, but it isn't going to change the world or cinema any time soon.
The Black String
2018
Action / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
The Black String
2018
Action / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
When a suburban slacker has a reckless encounter with a mysterious woman, his life begins to unravel in horrific fashion. His friends and family believe he's losing his mind, but he's convinced something far more sinister is taking place.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
January 29, 2021 at 06:11 AM
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Why isn't Oded listed?
Weird Psychological Thriller
Guy wanting female company phones a premium rate number and meets a female stranger for a night of passion. When he wakes in the morning, things start going bad for him.
He can't find the girl, her number is disconnected. He starts seeing things, hes accused of beating up his best friend. Gets arrested, released to parents care... runs away, finds a flyer that leads him to a witch who tells him hes been exposed to Black magic. She gives him a bag with instructions as to how to save himself. He continues on a downward spiral until He ends up on a psyche ward. He can't defend himself so when the evil comes from him, He is completely defenceless.
The sound is ok
The Photography is ok
The Acting is ok
The Plot is ok but too weird with little explanation.
Its worth a watch ?
Let people into your life
After hooking up with a random woman, a guy in a dead end job finds his life falling into a weird and menacing decline ...
Vivid tale of psychosis that flashes back and forth between the occult and the mundane. The pace and energy are right up there, helped by sophisticated editing and well judged music, as the upbeat opening descends into frantic flight. The lead performance is good, with that anxious little face delivering some real aggression.
As a straight look inside a mental breakdown, this is very good, and the confrontations with concerned outsiders brings home the ashamed escape from uncomfortable truths that addicts suffer. There's also a clever dig at self-help books, where the original life affirming recommendations are reversed in a survival guide to witchcraft.
The story does take it further than distorted realism, into gothic horror, with a distinct vibe of Lynch about the mysterious characters who circle the hero in his desperate paranoia. But these figures remain on the surface of his delusion and don't really stand for anything in his own life, and so it remains an old-fashioned story with no feedback from the mysterious other side. There is some corroboration of an alternate reality, but in the end it's a clumsy balance. For a more skillful walk along that separating line in madness, check out Unsane by Steven Soderbergh from the same year.
Overall: Well produced terminal journey into madness.