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I have been enjoying Grotesquerie on FX (via Hulu).
The show is about Detective Lois Tryon trying to solve a series of gruesome murders. She unexpectedly teams up with a Catholic nun and journalist, Sister Megan. I like that they’re from very different worlds, but it’s the difference between church and state that can catch the serial killer.
The first few episodes are like something taken from the film Seven, because it’s some of the vilest and grossest murder you’ll ever see or heard described.
Although the show tells us that Tryon is an excellent detective, it’s kind of hard to believe because her character is so unprofessional and her personal life is often in her way of doing her job. She’s an alcoholic, her husband is in a coma, and she’s often in trouble with her boss. She’s not a likeable character, but it doesn’t matter, because she solves all her cases - and that’s what counts.
The first half of the series is very good, because it’s mostly about the murders and trying to catch the killer. Then it started turning to the supernatural or it seemed like a weird dream… That’s when the show started losing me.
If you stick to show and keep watching, the final episode will explain it all and it’ll suddenly make sense. Oh, that’s why she’s a terrible cop, oh that’s why the weird fire is following them, oh that’s why that thing was so fantastical… etc. All your questions will be answered and it’s a good twist of an ending.
The show was created by Ryan Murphy, who you may remember is the same guy who created American Horror Story series. I am a fan of those AHS shows, but sometime I feel like they have one good idea and the show struggles to maintain that idea for a whole eight or nine episodes. I think that’s why Murphy re-named the series to American Horror Stories, with each season contain several horror stories and ideas.
Anyway, if you like AHS or Seven, I think you’ll want to check out Grotesquerie.
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There’s a serial killer loose. He’s murdering multiple families throughout Oregon… but how is he doing it without leaving any trace of being at the actual crime scene. These murders are horrific, and they only happen every twenty years or something weird like that.
FBI agent Lee Harker was asked to work on the case with agent William Carter, because of she demonstrated some psychic abilities. Through Harker’s skills, we find out that all the murdered families have one thing in common, that they all had a nine-year-old daughter born on the 14th day of the month. And it goes crazier and crazier as the film goes on.
For example, when Longlegs shows up in the movie, he looks like a crazy old man. What a weirdo. How is this the mastermind behind all the murders?
To me, the film works better as a cop chasing serial killer … and that’s when I am really enjoying the film. It’s the weird supernatural stuff that are introduced in the film that takes me out of the movie.
I think where it goes wrong is when it started introducing more supernatural elements into the film. It might work better if writer/director Osgood Perkins didn’t really have to explain the murders. Maybe it’s just better leaving it up to the viewer’s imagination.
The film came out in July 2024 and is Neon film’s highest grossing film (the highest-grossing independent film of the year) and it came out on Bluray and UHD on September 24, 2024.
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