Tale of tales
From the director of Gommorah comes this fantasy tale based on a series of 16th century Italian fairy tales. There are several stories woven together including one about a barren queen who devours the heart of a sea monster in order to become pregnant, a king who raises a giant flea, another monarch who becomes entranced by the beautiful singing voice of a crone.
The stories interweave and various characters appear in other stories. Being an adaptation of Fairy tales the stories take some very dark turns and the films not afraid to depict the sex & violence when needed. Its a visually stunning film that really needs to be seen in HD to do it justice. There are some terrific performances here as well including Tobey Jones, salma hayeck and Vincent Cassell. I can't guarantee everyone will like it as it comes across as hybrid of films like Company of wolves and the films of Guillermo DCel Toro. For me it was one of the best of 2016
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
A father & son team of morticians are kept up late by the Local sherrif who has brought in the mysterious corpse of an unidentified woman and wants an Autopsy ASAP. Working overnight through a storm they begin to discover weird discrepancies with the body and the further the examination goes the stranger things become. They find strange occult symbols on parchment in the girls stomach and underneath her skin. Then the lights go out.
This ones a terrific low budgeter with Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch as the father son team. Its very well realised given a large amount of screen time is devoted to two characters and the tension is ratcheted up almost perfectly. This ones from the director of Troll Hunter and comes highly recommended.
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