Family Values Gone Awry in a Cavernous Mansion
di Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times
A bizarre psychological study of degeneration and dependency, “The Living and the Dead” is a horror movie only in the most literal sense. Skirting genre conventions, Simon Rumley’s twisted feature inhabits shores where the gore is minimal and the demons unseen — neither of which makes it any less disconcerting.
Set in a cavernous mansion in the English countryside, the movie unflinchingly observes the disintegration of the Brocklebank family, crumbling aristocrats facing more than bankruptcy. [...]
di Jeannette Catsoulis, articolo completo (1423 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 24 Ottobre 2007