#corki dancingu

[gothhobbithoe]

love when i see good mermaid tail prosthetics in media

Best one has to be in The Lure, where they did something creative and made the mermaids have massive eel like tails, H2O comes close second

[we-wont-eat-you]

Look how beautifully Golden and Silver swim

[hanyaraksa]

The Lure (2015)

"The Lure", or originally "Córki Dancingu", is a Polish horror-musical from 2015 directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, who graduated from the Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. Smoczyńska was inspired by the work of Hans Christian Andersen, but her version of the story takes place in communist Poland in the 1980s. The main characters are two mermaids, Golden and Silver, who start working in a nightclub as strippers and backup singers. The public is obsessed with them so eventually the girls become the main stars.

I love the atmosphere of this film, the neon lights of the 80's and the nightlife combined with the dark fairy-tale atmosphere. It has many disadvantages, and its reception was not very warm, but I think that due to the fact that it was the director's debut, it did quite well and it must be admitted that it is quite unique.

At the very beginning, I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch it to the end due to the amount of completely unnecessary female nudity, unfortunately it is very common in Polish productions, so I didn't expect anything else. However, the further development of the story and its very satisfying end made me feel very convinced about it.

Together with the band that helped them get a job at the nightclub, Golden and Silver formed an act called The Lure. Golden, however, still feels thirst for blood and does not want to change that. Silver, on the other hand, falls in love with the band's bassist - Mietek, but he does not reciprocate her feelings, he sees her as a fish. Golden learns from a newly met Triton, who also comes from the sea and has his own metal band, that her sister will turn into sea foam if she falls in love with someone and that person marries someone else and if she loses her tail, her voice will dissapear.

The bandmates discover that Golden has killed the patron of the club they work for. One of them hits both girls who pass out. Their bandmates think they are dead, so they wrap them in rugs and throw them into the river. However, they return to the club and the rest of the team apologizes to them, but the atmosphere between them becomes very tense.

Silver is so desperate that Mietek loves her that she decides to have a leg transplant, it makes her lose her voice so she can't sing anymore. Unfortunately, despite her best efforts, when she tries to have sex with Mietek, he runs away in disgust because Silver has started to bleed.

Unfortunately for poor Silver, Mietek later meets a girl with whom he falls in love and marries. Both sister come to the wedding reception. Golden and Triton beg Silver to eat Mietek, otherwise she will die. But she loves him too much to do it.

Silver turns into sea foam, and Golden, in a frenzy of despair, bites into Mietek's neck, killing him, and then she returns into the water. I liked the ending very much it, i have to admit that it was very satisfying.

It's definitely one of my favourite female led horror films. It shows unrestrained female hunger and desire to be loved, and how the outside world often takes advantage of the ignorance and unawareness of young girls who do not know that not everyone can be trusted. As for the musical elements, they were quite the weaker side, but that's just my opinion because it was not really my type of music.

To sum up, I think that if someone likes female horror movies with a little more fairy-tale atmosphere, they definitely should watch this piece, I think it is something that girls entering adulthood would love.

[dinersaturn]

[censored bc tumblr’s afraid of boobs]

I rewatched the Lure for the billionth time and thought about something…

[letterboxd-loggd]

The Lure (Córki dancingu) (2015) Agnieszka Smoczyńska

February 2nd 2022

[lilja4-ever]

The Lure (2015) dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska

[broadwaygirl918]

See, Silver, that’s why if your love marries another, your heart will break, and then the morning after his wedding, you will die.

[aprildawsonart]

The Lure (Córki Dancingu)  🧜‍♀️  2015  🧜‍♀️ Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska

This movie ripped out my heart and ate it. I loved it! So I had to draw my girls Srebrna and Złota 💚💚