There have been so many of these. Horror shorts where a man who is a scumbag comes across some kind of supernatural retribution. If it's a vampire or werewolf, at least there is a kind of implied mythology there, but this is just a pair of scissors attached to a hand which comes out of a bush and cuts his dick off at the end. Is his girlfriend endowed with powers and dreamt it into reality? Did he enter a liminal space where this is possible (despite the description, this isn't clear)? Ah, who cares, amirite? As long as yet another cartoonishly awful guy meets a violent fate, that's all that matters, it seems.
Lazy, vapid, unfunny throughout, derivative and dumb-without-intending-to-be. But - the 'correct' gender prejudice. So, of course it plays well with all the cliques it needs to.
If you're going to indulge a dark fantasy, and be that cynical, at least put some effort into the story.
I saw the director's talk at the BFI, liked it and I really wanted this to be good.
Lazy, vapid, unfunny throughout, derivative and dumb-without-intending-to-be. But - the 'correct' gender prejudice. So, of course it plays well with all the cliques it needs to.
If you're going to indulge a dark fantasy, and be that cynical, at least put some effort into the story.
I saw the director's talk at the BFI, liked it and I really wanted this to be good.
