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- 2019
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 10 m
Luz
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Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
67% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
33% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Only a little over an hour-long, yet manages to be one of the most compelling subversions of the possession genre I’ve ever seen.
Its effective visceral hold on our imagination guarantees its inevitable cult status.
An effective exercise in stylistic pastiche that has more to offer than its eerie retro mood, Tilman Singer's Luz presents a refreshing take on demonic possession in which the usual fright-flick cliches are nowhere to be found.
In a cinematic landscape where retro throwbacks are predictably bundled around the same small set of nostalgia-friendly filmmakers (we all love Carpenter, but come on), it’s positively invigorating to see a loving tribute to a director’s influences that’s also aggressively avant-garde.
While this may read like only a mild recommendation for most readers, it is a hearty one for genre fans. We are lucky enough to be in a very strong era for horror, and I have a feeling Singer is going to be a major part of it.
So…weird. So very, very weird. Luz disquieting, creepy and murky demonic possession thriller, a cryptic chiller that gets by on lots of mood, a smattering of violence and special effects and seriously unsettling sound design.
Singer has great inspirations, and the multilayered approach to edits and sound design within the hypnosis is ingenious and excellently executed. But it doesn't add up to much.
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Production Company
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Release Date Jul 19, 2019
Duration 1 h 10 m
Awards
Fractured Visions Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2 Nominations