Movie Review: Sweetheart
dailyrecord.co.uklink!Dillard and co-writers Alex Hyner and Alex Theurer’s script cleverly turns expected tropes on their head and refuses to burden Jenn with the type of dumb decision making to inflict many a horror heroine.Much of the movie is set at night, with moonlight and camp fires leaving a lot to our – and Jenn’s – imagination in terms of what is lurking within the darkness.Gore is used sparingly but effectively and the sense of helplessness affecting Jenn is palpable.If I’d seen Sweetheart in its initially intended cinematic form last year it would have been a prime contender for my top 10 flicks of 2020.But I was maybe better off in the darkness of my own home as I could at least turn the light on when things got too intense! ● Pop me an email at.
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