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Smartly constructed and powerfully acted, Hounds of Love satisfies as a psychological thriller with a few nasty surprises -- and marks writer-director Ben Young as a promising talent.
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Expertly made, and a must for horror film aficionados, Hounds of Love is a chance for everyone else to enjoy an utterly punishing night at the cinema, with acute stomach tension and mild stress-induced nausea. Jul 28, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Expertly made, and a must for horror film aficionados, Hounds of Love is a chance for everyone else to enjoy an utterly punishing night at the cinema, with acute stomach tension and mild stress-induced nausea.
Kevin Maher
Psychologically impressive and fiendishly involving. Jul 28, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Psychologically impressive and fiendishly involving.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Bleak, tight and unusual. A strong start for Ben Young. Jul 28, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Bleak, tight and unusual. A strong start for Ben Young.
Manuela Lazic
Not for the faint hearted. Jul 27, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Not for the faint hearted.
Peter Bradshaw
If you can stomach its content, Hounds of Love is an undoubtedly effective work, an impressive calling card for a director sure to attract the eye of Hollywood. Jun 9, 2017 | Full Review…
If you can stomach its content, Hounds of Love is an undoubtedly effective work, an impressive calling card for a director sure to attract the eye of Hollywood.
David Sims
Once this thing starts bouncing around your brain, good luck getting it out. May 22, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Once this thing starts bouncing around your brain, good luck getting it out.
Luke Buckmaster
An impeccably shot, carefully crafted thriller. Apr 9, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
An impeccably shot, carefully crafted thriller.
Adam Patterson
The film is gripping but stomach-turning, only "effective" in the worst possible ways. Mar 29, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
The film is gripping but stomach-turning, only "effective" in the worst possible ways.
Daniel Barnes
Maybe don't think Kate Bush though Hounds Of Love is a dark and violent Antipodean thriller that will probably send you Running Up That Hill, Breathing heavily and maybe screaming Babooshka! Oct 30, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Maybe don't think Kate Bush though Hounds Of Love is a dark and violent Antipodean thriller that will probably send you Running Up That Hill, Breathing heavily and maybe screaming Babooshka!
Niall Browne
It's a brutal, dark, all-too-probable thriller that effectively does every genre thing you'd expect. Oct 18, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's a brutal, dark, all-too-probable thriller that effectively does every genre thing you'd expect.
Alexa Dalby
Hounds of Love disappoints as well as disgusts by leaning too far into 'torture porn', all the while leaving far too little to the imagination. Aug 25, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Hounds of Love disappoints as well as disgusts by leaning too far into 'torture porn', all the while leaving far too little to the imagination.
Kambole Campbell
That air of gritty realism, shorn of typical slasher-flick misogynist titillation, makes the film often seem punishingly graphic-even though the worst of the torturing abuses Vicki and a predecessor suffer are actually left offscreen... Apr 19, 2018 | Full Review…
That air of gritty realism, shorn of typical slasher-flick misogynist titillation, makes the film often seem punishingly graphic-even though the worst of the torturing abuses Vicki and a predecessor suffer are actually left offscreen...
Dennis Harvey
So if the question of why you're even watching this shit doesn't beg itself long before the half-way mark then you're probably a dickhead. I'm keen to watch more of Ben's work though. He fucked up here but showcased a lot of skill too. Great "Australian" story though........yeah, right.
Super Reviewer
Very creepy and well made. I liked that it wasn’t overly graphic and left the nasty stuff to the imagination. The setting in 70’s Perth was very familiar to me. Horrible story of course, but well handled.
I tracked this down after finding some reviews on RT weekly consensus. The film has a strong cast and the filmmaking is quite brilliant, the tone is setup from the opening slow motion shot. Curry makes for an unpredictable predator and owns the film from his introduction, you never know where his character will go next. The plot is very original but the final third is the weaker point, I just felt filmmakers missed an opportunity to push the boundaries and resist a bitter sweet ending. It felt too safe and robbed the audience of something true and unpredictable. Look away now if you don't spoilers. The girl makes a hidden code but gets the house incorrect. I would the girl murdered earlier and the wife sitting at the table pondering what happened. The family would come yelling for Vikki, which would resonant with the wife. She would stab the husband in this moment, not bitter sweet or safe. Just my opinion. 26-12-2017.
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