Oh GOD this is boring. Don’t know why exactly, but this one rubs me up the wrong way for some reason. What a pile of crappy, old, repetitive, unintelligent overplayed stupid dogshit. This really feels so inert, moronic and self-absorbed, and there’s just no charm to it. And how long do you really want to watch a bunch of kids run around in a cornfield?
Husk is roughly about a barn with a terrible past set somewhere in flyover state America and several teens/young adults who’ve been condemned to die in it. Or next to it. Who cares, it’s an ultimately sad and uninspired attempt at slash horror which requires a vast amount of tolerance to see through if you’re brave enough to be trapped in its hour and 20 minute snooze.
First thing you notice is the raven. Clearly they used a professional trainer to coordinate the bird, and it’s a nice touch. Animals are fantastic for the use of symbolism and their powerful natural presentation, and Husk briefly but wisely takes advantage in that area; birds are especially graceful and wondrous creatures which can easily transform a scene and a film by their mere presence alone.
There’s even a fairly workable quality of gore and violence. For horror viewing, it’s always a welcome addition. The soundtrack is okay, if perhaps more designed towards action than terror. The actors are mediocre – their skill is averagely alright, nothing great, not bad, probably even slightly superior in terms of trash.
The problem is with the lack of investment encouraged in the characters. Empty of anything appealing or human, they’re portrayed as not much beyond fresh meat to be chopped up and served accordingly. While there’s an interesting take on travel between realities, there’s this insistence on pretentious morals which forms the core, and though it may be worthwhile to some, the freethinking type is going to be quickly disappointed, and find their patience dwindling, deteriorating, and disappearing by the 15 minute mark alone.
2/10
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