Why the animus?

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2018)

It's a super-natural thriller. It's make-believe. It's a movie (based on a short story.) There don't have to be answers. People in *real life* make horrible, terminal decisions. Entertainment is profoundly about suspension of disbelief: it's also about a voyeuristic experience of human nature and its failings. This isn't my go-to genre, but I saw Sandra B on Ellen talking about it and it sparked my interest. The acting, score, direction and cinematography are top shelf; the writing is nuanced, clever and multi-dimensional. It's one of those movies where I ended up thinking: what would I be capable of doing in order to survive.