Festival program writers and film reviewers have been rather free in comparing the new Spanish horror movie Musarañas (Shrew’s Nest) with Misery, the 1990 feature that presented Kathy Bates as an obsessed fan tormenting her favorite novelist, James Caan. Yes, there is a man held captive through much of Shrew’s Nest, but the best point of comparison is not the excellent Stephen King adaptation directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman that focused on celebrity obsession and fan expectations that straightjacket artists who try to break from type. There was zero sexual tension in Misery between Bates and Caan, except for those who consider ankle breaking a form of foreplay. Shrew’s Nest, by contrast, is heavy with sexuality, even if unfulfilled or absolutely forbidden. (more…)
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Musarañas (Shrew’s Nest) Review
Posted: October 19, 2014 in 2014 London Film Festival, Foreign, Horror, ReviewsTags: Álex de la Iglesia, Carolina Bang, Esteban Roel, Hugo Silva, Juanfer Andrés, Macarena Gómez, Misery, Nadia de Santiago, Spanish films, The Beguiled
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