Canadian horror film shot in ultra-ultra widescreen. I don’t think I’ve see a film shot in this aspect ratio (3.1:1 in the capture below, IMDb says 2.8:1, which is still unusual. Almost no films exceed 2.4:1) That ratio doesn’t seem very practical, at least for interiors, where it leaves tons of useless info on the left and right of the primary images. I can see where it could be dramatic for vast outdoor panoramas. I think the auteur was using the odd ratio to create the image of a reality distorted by drugs, given that the plot is described as follows:
Chloe and Jack travel to Miami for their honeymoon. Amidst the flashy neon and sunny beaches, they decide that a peyote experience will strengthen their marriage. Unbeknownst to them, they’ve been given a rare and powerful strand that awakens a desire to eat human flesh. Confronting their toxic relationship, their suite becomes a den of love, lust and resentment as she realizes that the only way to escape this troubled marriage to an emotionally abusive husband is to literally consume him.
Sounds cheery!
Glancing at the credits, I found this amusing:
Jimmie Chiverelli as Sexy Mofo in Hat & Suit
Kudos to Jimmie! Given that he actually looks like a young Woody Allen, I don’t think he will have to fear being typecast as “sexy mofo.”
But the hat was a good idea.
Maybe this will start a whole ‘eat cute’ trope in romcoms
Actually, this sounds like a really strange movie as well. Are there audiences for films like this?
In this 4.5 minute video clip, Patton Oswalt explains that yes, there is an audience for a movie like this:
Well, they’ve got the peyote-gobbling cannibal demographic locked down.
Granted that is a pretty big market. 🙂 For my part though, I would have to be convinced that there was a LOT of nudity in a film like that before I sat down and watched it. And I am far from convinced based on what is shown above.