With Halloween fast approaching, let’s start sinking our teeth into creepier, moodier material. Almod\u00f3var is back with another complex melodrama involving sexuality and the fragility of identity. We also have another look at David Fincher’s adaptation of the immensely popular book series from Stieg Larsson.
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I’m already a bit biased with this movie since I am a Pedro Almod\u00f3var fan. In fact, I don’t even need to see a trailer. The instant I read the Spanish director’s name, I was hooked without a moment’s hesitation. So it goes pretty much without saying that I want to see this movie, and the preview only heightens my excitement. Based on the novel by Thierry Jonquet, Almod\u00f3var hasn’t done anything this weirdly complex and psychologically dark since probably ‘Matador’. But we also see elements of body horror thrown into the mix. Antonio Banderas looks to be quite terrifying in his role as a brilliant surgeon gone completely mad. I love the simplicity of the trailer, which has an interesting pace that matches the rhythm of the background music. <\/p>\n