Rock solid psychological horror film. Great performances and hands-off direction. Someone like Polanski or Cronenberg would make this movie completely differently (and they both have, really, with “Repulsion” and “Shivers” respectively) but Weir’s take is also worthy. Only in 1977 would a sympathetic character be angling for that hot UNICEF job in Geneva.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
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