{"id":4057,"date":"2021-12-29T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattshorroraddiction.com\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2021-12-29T14:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:49:02","slug":"end-of-the-year-angst-effects-and-grotesque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/?p=4057","title":{"rendered":"End of the Year: ANGST, EFFECTS, and GROTESQUE"},"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\/angstfeatured-660x330-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4064\" width=\"416\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/angstfeatured-660x330-1.jpeg 660w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/angstfeatured-660x330-1-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>Angst <\/strong>(1983) An artsy German slasher about an unhinged madman (Erwin Leder) who&#8217;s released from prison and immediately goes about terrorizing a family at a remote country estate. There\u2019s way too much exposition involved in the killer\u2019s backstory, with endless, ham-fisted psychological motivations behind his slaughter &#8211; but we already know he\u2019s a psychopath from the <em>first<\/em> scene. Technically ahead of its time and featuring some impressive, dizzying camera work that\u2019s since been mimicked to death, this is filled with too many uninteresting characters and predictable shocks to  recommend it. <strong>C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BYzUyYTdkNjUtNzA4My00YmYzLWFkODEtOGE5MjVmYzJhNDFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4065\" width=\"412\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BYzUyYTdkNjUtNzA4My00YmYzLWFkODEtOGE5MjVmYzJhNDFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BYzUyYTdkNjUtNzA4My00YmYzLWFkODEtOGE5MjVmYzJhNDFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BYzUyYTdkNjUtNzA4My00YmYzLWFkODEtOGE5MjVmYzJhNDFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BYzUyYTdkNjUtNzA4My00YmYzLWFkODEtOGE5MjVmYzJhNDFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MV5BYzUyYTdkNjUtNzA4My00YmYzLWFkODEtOGE5MjVmYzJhNDFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>Effects <\/strong>(1979)<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Life imitates art in this well-intended but meandering mystery about a group of working class Pittsburgh filmmakers making a low-budget horror movie in and around a house in the Pennsylvania countryside. Personalities clash and reality is blurred when the movie starts to resemble a snuff flick. A clever concept and smart characters (several discuss their favorite kills in horror movies) are unfortunately wasted on dull execution and a rather annoying performance from Joe Pilato (<em>Day of the Dead<\/em>). Tom Savini supplied the special FX but they aren\u2019t enough to lift this out from its dusty plot trappings. <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\/grotesque-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4068\" width=\"413\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/grotesque-11.jpeg 639w, https:\/\/matt.doppiavvu.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/grotesque-11-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>Grotesque <\/strong>(1988) A dumb but undeniably entertaining shocker about a young woman (Linda Blair) whose visit to her family&#8217;s mountain house is interrupted by a gang of murderous punks, who in turn are set upon by Blair&#8217;s deformed, revenge-fueled cousin. Things get complicated when cousin dies and Blair&#8217;s uncle (Tab Hunter) steps into his son&#8217;s shoes. Sort of the Diet Coke version of <em>Last House on the Left<\/em> with more of an emphasis on cheap exploitation than emotional investment in the characters. Despite being in small roles, the presence of Blair, Hunter, and Donna Wilkes gives the lowbrow production an air of respectability, but only just. The double twist ending has to be seen to be believed. <strong>B<\/strong>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angst (1983) An artsy German slasher about an unhinged madman (Erwin Leder) who&#8217;s released from prison and immediately goes about terrorizing a family at a remote country estate. 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