Not Much Story, But Those Visuals...

Rating: 6/10 (23 September 2019)

Climax locks a bunch of young dancers in a school at night, drugs them with spiked sangria, and watches them slowly lose their minds. That's pretty much all one can say without giving away the hallucinatory horrors that await anyone who decides to watch this movie.
At first, the film was so sexualized that it seemed to be building into some gigantic group orgy or something. Much to my surprise, it goes the complete opposite direction and goes into full-on nightmarish horror land where people are locked outside in the freezing snow, women are forced to miscarry, fights break out, children are electrocuted, and people's hair catches on fire.
The real star of the film is the cinematography. Bathed in colored lights, Climax is told within a series of just a few seemingly unbroken shots, giving the film a dreamlike and claustrophobic feeling. The work here is truly a marvel.
Climax is more endurance test and experience than your usual film and it's certainly one I won't forget. I don't know if I have any great desire to watch it again anytime soon, but it'll stick with me I'm sure.