{"id":14628,"date":"2021-11-29T23:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=14628"},"modified":"2021-11-29T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:08:08","slug":"in-the-earth-2021-ben-wheatley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/14628","title":{"rendered":"In The Earth (2021, Ben Wheatley)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bailed on this after a couple scenes at Sundance<\/a>, but only because I had work in the morning, not because I didn’t want to watch the rest. Still bugged by the new guy (Joel Fry of Paddington 2<\/em>) being allowed into the lab unmasked before passing his array of pandemic-virus tests. He’s assigned a guide (folk-horror vet Ellora Torchia of Midsommar<\/a><\/em>) and heads into the woods to do something or other, despite being bad at the outdoors, and hopefully run into his boss Dr. Wendell. There’s talk of underground network “like a brain” between trees, and later we’ll get a nice spore-releasing montage (the earth breathing) and ritual mushroom water – after A Field in England<\/a><\/em>, it’s Wheatley’s second piece of mushroom art.<\/p>\n

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First they find Wendell’s ex Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen<\/em>), who kidnaps them, then Wendell herself (Hayley Squires of Colin Burstead<\/a><\/em>), who blasts the movie’s Clint Mansell score through tree-mounted speakers with accompanying strobe lights, and each tries to convince the newcomers that their ex is the crazy one. There’s a powerful ancient stone with a hole through it, and arguments over everyone’s intentions. Dr. Wendell claims both of the men were drawn towards her experiment when they contracted ringworm (a fungal infection: more mushrooms). When they finally enter the spore cloud, the movie goes psychedelic. Good pandemic movie – besides the plague in the cities, it is kinda about people going nuts in isolation.<\/p>\n

Who’s crazy – mum?<\/em>
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Or dad?<\/em>
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–
\nAnd that’s it for SHOCKtober<\/strong> 2021. Final ranking:<\/p>\n

1. Mad God<\/a><\/em>
\n2. The Empty Man<\/a><\/em>
\n3. Detention<\/a><\/em>
\n4. The Devil’s Candy<\/a><\/em>
\n5. Malignant<\/a><\/em>
\n6. Office Killer<\/a><\/em>
\n7. Final Destination<\/a><\/em>
\n8. Parents<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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