Her father abandons her on her 18th birthday, leaving her a cassette tape explaining that she’s always had cannibalistic tendencies, which he’d covered up in childhood. Maren ( Taylor Russell) is a teenager forced to flee her home in Virginia after she hungrily bites her friend’s finger during a sleepover. Trusting that the book’s audience will be fine with the most robust of translations from page to screen, this is a solidly adult affair that has moments to shock even the hardened viewer. His first feature in four years remains in the horror genre an adaptation of Camille DeAngelis‘ YA novel Bones & All, here moulded into a twisted romance that’s as gory and as tender as a well-butchered steak. Luca Guadagnino may have divided opinion with his severe, brutalist and Cold War-riddled take on Suspiria, but few would deny his skill with a nightmarish and memorable set-piece.
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