10 Horror Movies You MUST Watch On The Big Screen
1. The Neon Demon (2016)
Nicolas Winding Refn builds his pictures around the visuals, creating fluid and malleable scenes that satisfy what he wants to see first and foremost, and allowing story to present itself through these. While not for everyone, arthouse extravaganza The Neon Demon is a true representation of this filmmaking ethos, perfectly married with its subject matter - LA's fashion world.
The film whisks Elle Fanning's Georgian rube Jesse off to the city of angels, where she meets catty models, sinister agency figures, and every kind of seedy and lecherous pedestrian the city can hawk her way. Despite the torrent of questionable characters in her way, she gets her foot on the ladder and starts climbing, rapidly becoming subsumed by the (lack of) culture.
As with most Refn films, we are treated to lush, rich visuals, with every frame a dead ringer for a fashion shoot, a mega-budget advert, or an installation. The aesthetics and cinematography are bold, bright, and - you guessed it - drenched in neon, and whether the plot satisfies the average viewer, or the kills and cannibalism make us blow chunks, this is a movie for the cinema screen. It is no less than an arresting piece of visual art, and ought to be consumed as such - out in the world, in its most authentic form.