‘Strange Darling’ Review: Love Hurts in Electric Serial Killer Movie Shot by Giovanni Ribisi
variety.comMichael Nordine author Serial-killer movies are a dime a dozen these days, with the true-crime industrial complex exploiting the ill-deeds sprees of increasingly obscure murderers to keep up with audience demand.
Anyone wary of the genre might balk at the idea of “Strange Darling,” a cat-and-mouse drama about the tail end of a murder spree, but to do so would be to miss out on an exemplar of the form.
Writer-director JT Mollner flips the script on this tired genre, crafting the cleverest thriller of its kind in a while with a mighty assist from a pair of killer performances by co-leads Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner.
Best experienced with as little foreknowledge as possible, “Strange Darling” demands a bit of patience, but it also rewards it.
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