"Stoker" - A Beautiful and Creepy "Coming-Of-Age" Psychological Thriller - Reviewed!

Stoker (2013)

Okay, you heard it here first (I'm guessing). "Stoker" is Chan-Wook Park's best film. Not just his best film since "Oldboy". His best film. Full stop.

India Stoker has just turned 18 when her father dies and her uncle Charlie mysteriously turns up. However, there's something strange going on with the uncle and, as it turns out, there may be something strange going on with India too. India's mother finds that her late husband's brother reminds her of her husband when he was younger and she finds herself comforted by his attention, particularly since her relationship with her husband had been distant in the time before his death. However, India is not sure how to feel about Charlie's arrival....



The "twisted misfit girl" horror movie has a lot of great examples: "Ginger Snaps", "May", "The Loved Ones", "The Woman", of course there's the classic "Carrie", and more recently "Excision". (Arguably "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", starring Audrey Tautou, deserves to be in this list. It's not an obvious addition, but I think that film deserves a lot more attention than it currently receives. In this case, Mia Wasikowska (perhaps mainly known as 'that girl who played Alice in Tim Burton's lame "Alice In Wonderland" sequel/reboot/whatever), shows not only that she is an absolutely incredible actress more than capable of holding her own against the well-recognised talent of Nicole Kidman, but that she can turn in one of the best performances in this particular horror genre.


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