The B+W cinematography is a thing of beauty. It throws the white-haired children into stark relief, making them even more menacing than they would be otherwise. The pastoral English countryside has a similar effect in a more delicate way: that something so horrifying could happen in a place so peaceful makes us think nowhere is really safe. Taking that thought deeper still, the means by which the visitations happen shows how vulnerable the sanctity of the species’ entire evolution really is. It’s scary food for thought to be digested in silence.
4 things afoot out of 5
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