#goth cinema

[pixiecorpse]

[cherrycigarettes777]

modern goth cinema will extricate my weary soul

[deafening-enthusiastic-dreamer]

The Pale Blue Eyes (2022)

i don’t know how to explain it, but it felt like reading a sad poem in a snowstorm.

the silence. the cold. the grief. christian bale barely speaks but you feel every word he doesn’t say. and harry melling as poe? unsettling and beautiful — like someone trying to hold the world together with verse and madness.

it’s not a fast movie. it doesn't scream. it lingers. in the snow. in the shadows. in the way loss wraps itself around you quietly.

i went in expecting a murder mystery. i came out feeling like i’d attended a funeral with no body — just words, just pain, just cold.

“The man who fears death, lives in fear.” it hits differently when everyone is already grieving.

anyway, i’m not okay but the cinematography was stunning. 10/10 for emotional frostbite.

[pixiecorpse]