Girl Next offers a lot of tension with not quite enough release.
It deals with the very disturbing topic of sex trafficking... which is a difficult subject to make entertaining. I found myself disturbed (as I should) and whenever the plot turned toward a favorable outcome I still felt a lack of release. Maybe that's the point. Just like the victim of sex trafficking, the viewer is never the same afterwards.
The cinematography reminds me a lot of Kubrick. I'd say it is a combination of "Clockwork Orange," "Blue Velvet" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." There are also similarities to "Eyes Wide Shut" in that we find that the whole elaborate set up was planned in advance.
It's shocking and disturbing while still remaining intellectual. There are components of spirituality, theoretical physics and supernatural phenomenon mixed in with the blood, graphic violence, kinky sex and gore.
Some might find it "too" disturbing... but it's horror. If you are disturbed that just means it's scary.
It deals with the very disturbing topic of sex trafficking... which is a difficult subject to make entertaining. I found myself disturbed (as I should) and whenever the plot turned toward a favorable outcome I still felt a lack of release. Maybe that's the point. Just like the victim of sex trafficking, the viewer is never the same afterwards.
The cinematography reminds me a lot of Kubrick. I'd say it is a combination of "Clockwork Orange," "Blue Velvet" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." There are also similarities to "Eyes Wide Shut" in that we find that the whole elaborate set up was planned in advance.
It's shocking and disturbing while still remaining intellectual. There are components of spirituality, theoretical physics and supernatural phenomenon mixed in with the blood, graphic violence, kinky sex and gore.
Some might find it "too" disturbing... but it's horror. If you are disturbed that just means it's scary.