If ever there was a director suited to remakingthe 1973 cult movie, it was him.
However,The Wicker Manwas not the chilling, satirically barbed re-imagining of the folk horror that critics expected.
Like Finnegans earlier works Vivarium and Nocebo, The Surfer merges psychological horror with social commentary and black comedy.
Like Finnegans earlier worksVivariumandNocebo, The Surfer merges psychological horror with social commentary and black comedy.
In contrast,The Surfers sense of growing dread isnt undone by interjections of humor.
Cages already-infamous Eat the rat!
scene might have echoes of Not the bees!
but Finnegans movie sun-burnt thriller has a sly sense of humor that makes its absurdity feel intentional.
Thus,The Surferis likely to redeem Nicolas Cage’s infamousThe Wicker Manremake almost two decades after its arrival.
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