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burnmotherfucker!
I was really hyped for Gretel + Hansel but I just did not like the film. The production was top notch all around. Tons of nice visuals, very easy to look at. But the story sucked. It was very basic and had no teeth whatsoever. It was so bad I don't ever want to watch it again despite the rest of the production being great. Glad others seem to like it though, I'd like to see the director get a crack at better material. It seems Osgood Perkins only was involved in directing it and the script was written beforehand so not really his fault.
Imo, The Blackcoat's Daughter is a modern masterpiece and it never gets enough love. I also really enjoyed his other horror film, I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House. It is much more tame than The Blackcoat's Daughter but still a very good film. I can't wait to see what he directs next. And apparently he directed a Twilight Zone episode I have yet to see based on the old classic episode "To Serve Man."
I went on a bit of a horror binge last week and caught up on some films I'd been meaning to see, some old some new. I can recommend Possessor, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Saint Maud, Psycho Goreman, and Beyond the Black Rainbow. They are all great, they're also very different from one another. I'd also recommend avoiding We Still Say Grace (too basic) and The Void, which I really wanted to like but other than about 2 scenes was a big waste of time.