Referred to as silent films, movies released during these 40 years were anythingbutsilent.
Cinema was such an experience back then.
Brand Upon the Brain!
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As Guy helps Wendy investigate, the darkness at the heart of the orphanage comes to light.
Even without talking, these actors were amazing.
The clips are edited together with purposeful flickers and stutters.
Dizzying at times, the hodgepodge editing creates a fantastical tone, where anything feels possible.
This dark, yet magical atmosphere is essential to lending credence to the bizarre placesBrand Upon the Brain!
This is the Scariest (and Saddest) Part of Brand Upon the Brain!
To ground the silliness,Brand Upon the Brain!peppers inbursts of shocking violence.
Father, played by actorsTodd MooreandClayton Corzatte, is distant and consumed by his scientific tinkering.
Mother’s insistence on repressing any desire Sis feels is brutal and oppressive.
Mother’s iron-fisted behavior echoes into the behavior of the other children.
Savage Tom, the child cult-leader, threatens to cut out the heart of another orphan.
It’s an eerily realistic portrait of how abuse affects everyone involved.
His only tools were visual language and sonic emphasis.
Fans ofRobert Eggersand his strident research should definitely give this one a try!
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