Strange Darling
Love does indeed hurt but there is none to be
found within this film
dir: JT Mollner
2024
This flick thinks it’s ever so fucking clever.
I beg to disagree.
It starts with a pseudo-voice-over meant to sound like what it’s saying is true. I don’t know if it’s cribbing from the most famous of the fake intros ever done, which is probably the infamous one John Larroquette recorded for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but it’s another reminder of how artificial this all is.
It’s not based on a true story, but it does clue us in to a detail about these shenanigans being something to do with some killing spree from some serial killer.
A-HA! It must be the first guy we see on the screen, helpfully titled The Demon. He does have a moustache after all. We also hear a voice ask him if he’s a serial killer, and then he’s shown doing something murdery!
But then… we’re told that this is a story that will be told in six parts. And then the film ‘jumps’ to part 3.
Hmm, this is gonna be one of dem dere non-chronological storytellings, huh?
And to what purpose will that non-chronological telling be? Is it to delightfully obscure what is happening and why, or is it to deepen our understanding of the rich tapestry of life that we call the human experience?
Yeah Nah. It’s just to delay our understanding of what’s really going on.
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