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FAVORITE HORROR FILMS | THE LURE (2015) Kino Świat, Dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Kinga Preis, Jakub Gierszał

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“We’re not human. We’re just on vacation here.”

The Lure (2015) dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska

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THE LURE (2015)

💁‍♀️Strong Female Lead

A weird little Polish musical horror film that very loosely follows the original plot of the little mermaid but more gruesome and much more tragic. As horror movies go it wasn’t very scary, but gory and moody (and incredibly artistic). You feel more compassion for the murderous creatures than the human victims (it was just in their nature for the sirens to hunt, but what were the humans doing?).

⭐⭐⭐.5

THE LURE is a Polish musical horror about two mermaids that get scooped up by some crazy rockers who think they can handle two actual sirens (they cannot). We follow Silver and Golden as they traverse the land and deal with these selfish humans (who can all be controlled by the girls' shimmery voices). There appears to be a general knowledge of mermaids/sirens in this universe because their existence is not kept a secret, in fact, it is a gimmick at the club in their stripping act when they first arrive (it’s only after they establish themselves more that they can keep their legs and clothes on). It should be pointed out too that the girls are sort of like an eel-type of siren, their tails have no big fin at the end, but are still a sight to behold when they are transformed.

Now, in the first few minutes our girls try to lure the two men in the band to a watery death but are caught by the female singer, so it is already well established from the get go that these two are (would-be) man eaters. Why anyone would think they could control these wildcards from the deep is beyond me, they can literally control you with a song for goodness sake! The humans look at these mystical girls with money in their eyes (or any other excuse to use the poor things) and are ready to take advantage of these seemingly innocent creatures. Except for Golden, Golden has a lot on her mind and it is mostly blood and murder. This is her nature though, we cannot really fault her for being a creature of nature. There is a part where the band finds out one of the girls killed someone so they just dump both of them in the water and leave them for dead… But they are able to get back out and get over that (mostly, 👍 ( wait)).

Silver has fallen head over tail for the shaggy haired boy who will fuck anything that, well, doesn’t have a tail, and he promptly informs her that he only sees her as a fish. She uses her siren song on him to change his mind for the moment (let’s see how long this lasts) before making the choice to get her tail surgically removed and swapped for regular legs. This is apparently a surgery that the doctors are more than prepared to do (??), keeping both girls alive while sawed completely in half (neat magic trick). Silver loses her voice because of this trade but is excited to show her shaggy headed slut. Surprise! He wants something a little less complicated (like a regular human female and not a mute half-fish lady). This breaks Silver's heart and as we all know, when you break a mermaid's heart they turn to seafoam if they don’t eat you, so Golden encourages Silver to eat him… But Silver is too sweet. She turns to seafoam in his arms…

And Golden, in her sadness and rage, goes for his throat. The reception is shocked, two people are gone (though most will only ever miss the groom) and Golden returns to the water, alone. Where she will be, alone, for ages and rages because she is a mystical being and her only friend is gone. A tragedy on all sides really. If anyone understood the other person's nature in this film maybe things would have turned out differently, but they all chose to ignore what they wanted to ignore.

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The Lure (2015)

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Voting ended onJan 9

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Córki dancingu (2015) dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska

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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.

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The Lure (Córki dancingu) (2015) Agnieszka Smoczyńska

February 2nd 2022