Tails of Equestria took My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and presented the setting as a place for players to play in and have fun, much like the cartoon invites audiences to do.
The Ritual blends so much of the mystic and the familiar with elements of the gruesome and emotionally traumatic that it’s hard to call it anything but a horror masterpiece.
It’s utterly amazing that this is Ducournau’s debut feature because, the way she skillfully balances the elements of a coming-of-age drama that’s infused with horror, is nothing short of masterful.
As the writer and director (not to mention an uncredited dog-walker in one scene), Morrisette crafted a near-perfect modernization of the Scottish play.
One of the defining films of the New French Extremity movement, Martyrs, is a brutal endurance test that is not even remotely concerned with appealing to mass audiences or casual horror fans.
