"A small-town teenager with homicidal impulses must embrace his dark side to stop a newly arrived serial killer, who might not even be human." This Netflix synopsis was the only information I knew about this movie going into it, maybe aside from seeing that it was certified fresh by Rotten Tomatoes earlier this year. And that is the way I would recommend everyone to see this movie, because the movie contains quite a few interesting surprises I wouldn't want people to catch on to before jumping into it.
The movie, to my delight, circumvented many of the bothersome cliches and story paths these types of movies take. I was constantly saying to myself "and this is where it is now going to go this route, or this character is going to behave this way and do that" and luckily it took a different turn each time I needed it to. I really liked the methodical pacing, the small intimate cinematography, the quiet awkward atmosphere, the small character moments and the extra unnecessary little things the director put into the movie to give it personality. The antagonist of the movie had an actual compelling reason to be doing what he is doing, and was handled in a refreshing way. Also I have to say that the films dark, sarcastically humorous undercurrent was pretty endearing.
There are some things preventing it from being amazing though. General non-spoiler issues would include that some characters brought up in the story aren't really interesting or needed, and that the grainy 16mm celluloid that the movie was shot on gives the movie a distinct old school look, but sometimes the shots will have some blemishes around the picture that are distracting. This being said, it hit a lot of personal ticks for me and was a really nice movie to start 2017 with.
Watched: 1/3/2017
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