Elizabeth Harvest [Review]
From a fairytale wedding to a ethical nightmare, this stylish sci-fi number gets real chilly.
Elizabeth Harvest
What she discovers is not only a shock to her system, but it sends ripples across the household in a chain-reaction series of events, including the only two keepers, Claire (Carla Gugino) and Oliver (Matthew Beard). What transpires is hairpin bend of a plot, that shifts gear from languid creepiness to a bizarre array of horrors that never stop coming.
This stylish number is reminiscent of Neon Demon, with their otherworldly beauties and dark underlying philosophies. It can so easily become indulgent or pompous, but director and writer Sebastian Gutierrez drives the number with an admirable quiet confidence. The art direction and camera are partners-in-crime, delivering Instagrammable framing and looks from shot to shot. The costume design is really a runway heaven, sporting killer looks at every turn on Lee’s fragile frame.
Elizabeth Harvest has only a few characters, but the story works wonderfully in teasing out their diabolical agendas. Each cast holds their own brilliantly, crumbling at the edges, as they descend from stoic to insane. And while all that is unravelling into a beautiful twisted tapestry, you quiver with horror at the proceedings, as the picture reveals itself in all its dark glory.
Full-time freelance writer with a part-time appetite for all things horror when time allows. And the rumours are true, I am a witch.