Some reviews have described it as torture porn, which is ludicrous, Hounds of Love is relatively brutality free.
But while its last impression might be underwhelming, Hounds of Love is powerful in a way other serial killer films are not.
The scariest thing about this film may be that for all its extremes, you can still trace its poison back to our supposedly evolved society. Hounds of Love is made anticlimactic by its own intimacy. Vicki's understanding of John and Evelyn is shaped by her understanding of her separated parents (played by Susie Porter and Damian de Montemas), which is a lesser example of a man demanding total control. The movie centres on John (Curry) and Evelyn (Booth), a tense couple who spend their days circling the suburbs of Perth. Whats interesting is that Wish Upon is, of course, critically dismissed because its a supernatural teen horror film (even tho, as I LeSchroeck. The final soundtrack cue is overplayed, but overall Hounds of Love is notable for its grim focus and astute repurposing of genre-film conventions. Booth, previously a solid presence in everything from the ABC's Glitch to the Jason Statham movie Parker, tears herself apart on the screen. Audience Reviews for Hounds of Love So if the question of why you're even watching this shit doesn't beg itself long before the half-way mark then you're probably a dickhead. Misogyny underpins the couple's crimes, with Evelyn torn between her devotion to John – she praises him as a "provider" to Vicki – and her buried acceptance that she is enabling his heinous acts. Looking in the bathroom mirror with self-satisfied pride, Curry captures John's malignancy. Set in the mid-1980s, the story follows a young girl in Australia who finds herself kidnapped. The cast inhabit these roles with flourishes that accentuate the picture's depths. If the trailer for Hounds of Love is any indication, the new serial killer thriller is hard to watch. The story is rooted in the everyday world, never letting you forget that the murderous couple can and do pass for whatever you imagine the ordinary to be. Instead of showing the sexual violence that John and Evelyn commit, the film uses suggestion – you hear a terrified, wheezing whimper, or see Evelyn calmly tidy up bloody tissues the morning after.