Piercing

Uma peculiar brincadeira interior de assassino e vítima (e vice-versa), alinhada com uma estilização retro maravilhosa (créditos iniciais e finais, música de Goblin dos filmes de Argento). Uma bizarrice imprevisível sobre o encontro de dois malucos que, apesar das pistas tentadoras de S/M, se desenvolve de forma interessante e provoca com a sua não-conclusão. [Sitges FF] (06/10/2018)

If you’re mentally unstable and you wake up one morning with the urge to kill a random prostitute, you’d better first make sure she’s not even more unstable than you! The theme developed by Rjú Murakami will greatly remind his older piece, Audition, which has a lot in common with this film. Piercing, however, is really slow paced and the only thing that happens is what you suspect from the very beginning, which is that the prostitute murder will end up being trickier than initially planned. The plot has no start or finish, and the promising theme is therefore totally buried in the screenwriter’s inability to breathe life into the story. And when you finally have the impression that the film is taking off, it ends. Too bad the title sequence style is deceiving us with its grindhouse butchery style, which is definitely not what Piercing is. [Sitges 2018] (06/10/2018)