Antlers
A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.
- Released: 2021-10-28
- Runtime: 99 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Cody Davis, Sawyer Jones, Arlo Hajdu, Glynis Davies, Dorian Kingi, Andy Thompson, Jesse Downs, Dendrie Taylor, Emily Delahunty, Katelyn Peterson, Charmaine Wilson, Jay Brazeau, Lyla Marlow
- Director: Scott Cooper
Comments
- TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews - 3 December 2022
Stuck between message movie and horror
In a small, isolated Oregon town, Julia(Keri Russell, still delivering impeccable performances), a teacher, suspects that one of her students, the quiet and friendless Lucas(the immensely talented Jeremy T. Thomas), is being abused, not knowing the depth of the issue.
This explores trauma and the opioid crisis. It is made by people who genuinely care about these issues and that really shows in the final product. There is a ton of build-up, the gore and Violence are impressive, it favors practical effects over CG and it can be intensely terrifying, on account of excellent cinematography and editing, especially the sound design, with its squelching, gnashing, screeching, etc.
Unfortunately there are also some negatives to get to. This is misery tourism. And it doesn't treat the Native American myth with enough respect. I mean a good place to start with would be for there to be more than one character who's indigenous, for him to have more than 2 minutes of screen time, and for him to serve any purpose other than filling in the white people on what's going on.
I recommend this to people fascinated with the subject that it covers. 7/10.
