One of the big surprises of the year FALLING STARS is a return to low key horror films. Not filled with blood and guts and jump scares, the film is slowly building suspense tale that gets under your skin and hangs with you well after the film is done.
Set in a world where witches are real and they come to earth on the first night of the harvest in the form of falling stars. Everyone performs rituals and stays inside in order to remain safe. However three brother find out one of their friends actually killed one the year before and buried it in the desert. Deciding to go out and see it, things go side ways when they accidentally desecrate the body setting motion something terrible.
Low key and firmly grounded in a very real world FALLING STARS is a true chiller. Its a film so close to our own that you really can't get away from it. This isn't killer clowns or guys wielding chainsaws or even demons from hell, but rather a very real evil that can come and get us. If FALLING STARS wasn't firmly grounded in reality, and if it hadn't taken the time to build that world and make it real to us, none of this would work. Because Richard Karpala and Gabriel Bienczycki take the time to create the world we get our asses kicked. What they do here is going to be studied by future generations of filmmakers about how to make a horror film that stays with you and makes you uneasy long after the credits roll.
This film is a masterpiece of modern horror. Sure the big gory films get noticed for the cool effects, but it's films like FALLING STARS that live in the hearts of fans. It may not produce toys that go on your shelf but it carves out a niche in you heart and lives there and make you better.
Highly recommended.
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