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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
At the heart of the movie is an insight that is no less profound for being simple. It's that at their core, every person has a ion. They can change their look, their attitude, their relationships, the place they live, whatever, but they can't change their ion.
The characters each have a ion; for a killer, it's a particular soccer team; for the hero, it's writing, a process of understanding mysteries and putting memories in sequence; for the girl, it's…
Steven C. Miller makes B movies at an A level. He's the real deal. With the right material and a decent budget he could be another Carpenter or De Palma.
More broadly speaking, 2024 has been the most exciting and vital year in horror in years. The Substance, Terrifier 3, Longlegs, Smile 2, Immaculate, Abigail, In a Violent Nature, Cuckoo, Oddity, Exhuma, Heretic, Blink Twice, Caddo Lake, Azrael, Late Night with the Devil, Alien Romulus, The First Omen, Strange Darling... What a breadth of offerings.