Sick understands the gory, voyeuristic fun of the slasher film. Here's annarosemary's review:
It’s unclear whether moviegoers would rather new films address or ignore the COVID-19 pandemic. Flimsy masks and invasive Q-Tips feel like shorthand for this amorphous chunk of time that continues to seep into the everyday, innately horrifying in how all-encompassing it remains. John Hyams’follows Miri and Parker who decide to quarantine in Parker’s dad’s holiday home. Like all genres, horror films are confined by a certain rhythm. Tension must be built and, at some point, broken.
The opening scene of the slasher is tasked with establishing the landscape of the film, both literally and figuratively—introducing the audience to the shape and figure of the killer, the degree of gore, the way in which horror will color the space.opens with Tyler shopping at the supermarket before receiving a series of ominous texts which leave him rushing back to his dorm room.
Hyams’ ease with the genre shows, especially in the earlier scenes at the lakeside mansion. He carefully weaves through identical teak hallways, holding shots on empty space or on an innocuous exchange before we realize something sinister is peeking from behind furniture, hanging on the edge of the frame. These long shots are effectively unsettling, threatening in their unsparing detail.
Voyeurism is implicit to the slasher genre, and each early glimpse of the black hoodie-clad killer compounds this. Certain camera angles are employed to affirm the horror of being watched, with a particularly heated early argument cleverly broken by a wide angle that only makes sense later, from the position of the killer. The central performances compound this horror with their ease and groundedness, highlighting how disconcerting it is to be young, carefree and unknowingly watched.
Part of the fun of this genre is seeing how seemingly innocent moments inform the gruesome shape of the film. When the stakes are this high every moment could be the root of someone’s untimely death. Great slashers manage to construct a fragile sequence of interactions and objects that tumble down and exact a gory toll—
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