{"id":3477,"date":"2021-12-03T14:08:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2021-12-03T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:08:15","slug":"mini-reviews-demented-the-house-that-jack-built-and-x-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/?p=3477","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Reviews: DEMENTED, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, and X-RAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BNjc1YjcwNTMtMWM0Ni00MTQ2LTlkN2ItMGY5NmQwNjVmMTAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR00500281_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3646\" width=\"418\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BNjc1YjcwNTMtMWM0Ni00MTQ2LTlkN2ItMGY5NmQwNjVmMTAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR00500281_.jpg 500w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BNjc1YjcwNTMtMWM0Ni00MTQ2LTlkN2ItMGY5NmQwNjVmMTAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQVRoaXJkUGFydHlJbmdlc3Rpb25Xb3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR00500281_-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>Demented (1980)<\/strong> After suffering a traumatic sexual attack by four men, the mental health of a housewife (Sallee Young, <em>Home Sweet Home<\/em>) downward spirals until a break-in at her house causes her to snap and go on a killing spree. While not as gruesome as <em>I Spit on Your Grave<\/em> this movie is trying for the same revenge scenario, but the psychology behind the narrative (not to mention Young&#8217;s performance) is unconvincing. The final 30 minutes does offer some cheap, bloody thrills. <strong>C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3648\" width=\"423\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download.jpeg 840w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>The House That Jack Built (2018)<\/strong> Typically artsy but undeniably arresting viewing from Lars Von Trier, this chronicles 12 years in the life of a methodical serial killer (Matt Dillon) as he goes about slaughtering over 60 people in particularly gruesome ways. Although overlong (152 min. runtime) and a bit too heavy-handed with its psychoanalytical narration, this is good stuff with a particularly chilling and complex performance from Dillon and a visually impressive climax. This gets points for going to dark places most psychological thrillers wouldn&#8217;t dare to. Definitely <em>not<\/em> a film for everyone. <strong>B <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ti103571.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3650\" width=\"422\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ti103571.jpeg 415w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ti103571-300x159.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>X-Ray (1982)<\/strong> In order to keep her in the hospital, a killer falsifies the test results of a young woman (Barbi Benton) and murders anyone who comes into contact with her. Routine slasher flick with characters making stupid decisions &#8211; such as running passed an emergency exit and hiding behind a curtain to evade the killer &#8211; but it&#8217;s a polished production, features a likable character in Benton, and has some decent splatter. Just ignore the plot holes and you might enjoy yourself, especially during the bonkers climax.<strong> B<\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demented (1980) After suffering a traumatic sexual attack by four men, the mental health of a housewife (Sallee Young, Home Sweet Home) downward spirals until a break-in at her house causes her to snap and go on a killing spree. While not as gruesome as I Spit on Your Grave this movie is trying for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capsule-reviews"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}