Jump scares, creepy noises and the tease of hidden-from-view dangers are all fine. But a truly frightening horror film unsettles with more than its crafts, but instead through the vulnerability of defenseless people stuck with bad options only. First-time writer-director Orçun Behram’s highly stylized and mildly disturbing “The Antenna,” a metaphor on Turkey’s current ruling under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is what happens when a filmmaker prioritizes visual concept over story, and falls short of crafting well-defined characters whose hurt we can care about. With such crucial facets undercooked, — Ismail Hakki Hafiz’s sound design and Can Demirci’s high-wired score are especially noteworthy — but doesn’t scar the soul like it should.
That’s too bad, considering that Behram clearly possesses a vision and has inspirations, although they feel a bit too closely shaped by the eerie otherworldliness of David Lynch, the body horror of David Cronenberg and...
That’s too bad, considering that Behram clearly possesses a vision and has inspirations, although they feel a bit too closely shaped by the eerie otherworldliness of David Lynch, the body horror of David Cronenberg and...
- 9/18/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
A superior genre thriller with timely political bite, The Antenna marks the feature debut of young Turkish writer-director Orçun Behram. Loaded with striking visual touches, this atmospheric nerve-jangler tips its hat to David Lynch's gothic surrealism and David Cronenberg's squirmy body horror, with pleasing detours into Dario Argento-style lurid giallo mania, too. World premiering in Toronto, Behram's dystopian parable should have plenty of festival mileage ahead based on its newsworthy themes and audience-friendly genre elements. Following a North American bow at Tiff, it screens at the London Film Festival next month.
The fable-like plot, about an authoritarian ...
The fable-like plot, about an authoritarian ...
- 9/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A superior genre thriller with timely political bite, The Antenna marks the feature debut of young Turkish writer-director Orçun Behram. Loaded with striking visual touches, this atmospheric nerve-jangler tips its hat to David Lynch's gothic surrealism and David Cronenberg's squirmy body horror, with pleasing detours into Dario Argento-style lurid giallo mania, too. World premiering in Toronto, Behram's dystopian parable should have plenty of festival mileage ahead based on its newsworthy themes and audience-friendly genre elements. Following a North American bow at Tiff, it screens at the London Film Festival next month.
The fable-like plot, about an authoritarian ...
The fable-like plot, about an authoritarian ...
- 9/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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