Wounds

Babak Anvari is not having a comeback. After the uninteresting Under the Shadow, he made an interesting but ineffective horror film – and the trailer looked decent. A bartender's life is turned upside down after finding a phone with disturbing contents, but this mythology is not developed in any way and feels a bit unnatural. Babak has assembled a surprisingly decent cast for this film: Armie Hammer, Zazie Beetz and Dakota Johnson are decent choices for a horror film, but it needed a more interesting script and more creativity, which unfortunately Babak will never have. There's almost no horror elements here besides the cockroaches. It's not suspenseful, atmospheric, gory or as disturbing as I had originally hoped. Hulu is not Netflix and Babak Anwari will probably never make a good horror movie. 40%. (21.10.2019)

The British-American production Wounds is an example of a modern original horror movie that has some elements that may seem unfinished. It may seem like some explanation of the subject matter is missing. However, from my point of view, it is an interesting journey that makes the viewer think and affects their imagination, stamina, and disgust, and it works well. The last scene is breathtakingly filmed. (13.11.2019)

A horror film cooked up from batter similar to Hereditary, but not nearly as visually sharp and intense. It has a lot of good exposition, where I felt pleasantly hooked and was almost childishly impatient to see what would happen next. The first hour is magnificent in terms of atmospherics and the portrayal of the main character as a bigger and bigger idiot was great; I have no major complaints. In terms of the script, the last act is unnecessarily spastic and rushed in its attempt to deliver at least some hardcore gore. It could have easily been half an hour longer with more development of the central theme, which quite openly draws on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. However, Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvari is definitely one to watch; perhaps in time he'll turn out to be another Ari Aster. (20.10.2019)

A great respect is due to the director who was able to make quite a thrilling horror movie out of a stupid screenplay. As if there was a pub brawl and putting an end to it gets you pursued by some crazy occultists. (25.12.2019)

I value trailers a lot, and the trailer for this movie was particularly strange and unpredictable. I had a sort of unidentifiable feeling the whole time while watching Wounds, and even just the background was something peculiar, so it reliably kept me interested until the end because I really wanted to know what I was actually watching. Babak Anvari is starting to develop a recognizable directorial style, and he knows how to capture horror scenes in a very unique and unsettling way. I also appreciate the choice of actors; I didn't expect to see such well-known names appearing here, and they didn't feel out of place. Armie handled everything very decently, and I was glad to see Dakota Johnson as well. "The Wounds" is really hard to describe; I still don't know what it was actually about and if all of it had any profound meaning, or if Anvari simply wanted to drill a hole in the viewer's head. The pace is slow, and I can't say that a lot happens, but if I haven't experienced such an uncomfortably uncertain feeling about what would happen next in a while, I definitely had it here. It's not a cup of tea for just anyone, but it will find its audience. (27.11.2019)