Thursday, July 25, 2024

The Soul Eater (2024) Fantasia 2024


In a small town in the middle of nowhere, two cops are brought in to investigate separate cases. One is  looking into the brutal murder of a couple. The other is looking for some missing children. What they initially think is a joke, that the cases are tied to the local boogeyman named the Soul Eater, slowly becomes a reality.

Police procedural mixes with supernatural tale in an off beat thriller that works best if you just go with it. I say that because even though the film largely plays it straight, the overlap with the boogey man elements isn't always as neat as they should be. There's a little too much reality here.

On the other hand once I stopped over thinking things and went with it I had a blast. Say what you will this is a creepy thriller, set in a town where you believe the Soul Eater or some monster lurks. It's a place that seems to be lost from the world.

I had a grand time going to a place where things really do go bump in the night.

Recommended.

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