The Freaks Come out at Night

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2015)

I'm kicking myself for having missed this in 2014. Nightcrawler is such a deliciously creepy movie, and an absolutely hypnotizing experience. From the minute we first meet Louis Bloom, like the car-wrecks he captures on video, we can't keep our eye's off of him. He has a frightening quality to him, that doesn't require raising his voice, or resorting to violence. He's a maniac, in that, he's just too dedicated to such a disgusting craft. We see him descend deeper into the abyss of his scummy news job, by sacrificing his humanity in order to get the money shot for the 5am News cycle. Dan Gilroy unravels this character, and the world that surrounds him in an astoundingly twisted way, matched with Robert Elswit's always spellbinding cinematography. This is a film that grips you tight and holds your attention hostage until the credits roll. What's even better than the experience itself, is the impression it leaves on the News media. To many a news reporter, Louis Bloom is an inspiration. Yet to the rest of us, he's an insufferable lunatic. I loved it.