Double Bill

I went and saw Together and Weapons at the local cinema yesterday. I’m a big fan of body horror, especially body horror that’s presented as an allegory for our own real-world fears, so I naturally enjoyed Together. The idea of a couple being both figuratively and literally drawn towards each other, even as their relationship is becoming increasingly fractured is an interesting one and writer/director Michael Shanks handles the subject of toxic co-dependency with the right amount of nuance and sensitivity for both of its central characters. You can understand why they feel so resentful and frustrated towards each other, and both Dave Franco and Alison Brie are excellent in the lead roles. It will definitely invite easy comparisons to Ari Aster’s Midsommar — especially in its third act — and it does leave me similarly conflicted on an emotional level, as I wasn’t really sure how I felt by the end of it, but it’s well worth seeing if you’re into body horror.

Together was good but Weapons was easily my favourite out of the two films I saw yesterday. It’s an intriguing horror mystery with terrific performances and masterful direction by Zach Cregger. That’s all I’m going to say about it, though, because I think this is one of those movies that’s best experienced when you know as little about it as possible before going in. I look forward to seeing what Cregger does after this because, to me, he’s right up there with Jordan Peele and Mike Flanagan as one of modern horror’s finest filmmakers.

I was gonna try and bang this one out last night before I went to bed, but I was just too tired. Better late than never, I suppose.