I’ve only heard of director Lucky McKee’s “The Woman” through word of mouth and what my friends in this site had to say about this horror movie based on a story written by Jack Ketchum. Upon researching some background on it, it seems like the film had caused quite a stir in Sundance and even the marketing folks and different reactions have called it a horror film of despicably hateful misogynistic nature, that some have even called it a piece of ’trash cinema’. … more
***1/2 out of **** It's baffling to me that this film is being marketed as a straight-up horror film; because after watching it, I can say with much confidence that it's anything but. "The Woman" is more like a provocative and deeply perturbing drama with a blood-soaked finale; in which explosions of brutal violence come from all directions, lending it the label of a horror-show. Still, if you're observant of time; you'll notice that the nastiness only really starts in the … more