*This is a spoiler-free review so feel free to read on!*
“I miss people I never met all the time…”
Run Rabbit Run released on Netflix on June 28th 2023. The Australian psychological horror film stars Sarah Snook, Lily LaTorre, and Greta Scacchi. It runs for approximately an hour and forty minutes.
A mother begins to lose her grip on reality when her daughter claims to have memories from another life, bringing up her dark past in the process.
Here is the trailer:
Run Rabbit Run features a haunting premise with an eerie tone, but does it do enough to earn a watch? Let’s find out…
The Pros:
Chilling performances.
The best part of this film revolved around the strong performances by both Sarah Snook (which comes as no surprise) and Lily LaTorre, who may be going for creepiest kid of the year…
They both put forth a valiant effort here and immersed themselves completely into these roles, which worked in the film’s favor.
Intriguing idea.
I liked the symbolism and links to Alice in Wonderland and I thought the overall concept was creepy and thought-provoking. I expected something a little different here, but I think that the film was attempting to present us with more of an atmospheric horror entry. Other films have done a better job with this, but I still thought the overall idea was interesting enough. The ambiguous ending got me thinking too.
The Cons:
Takes forever to end…
The movie wasn’t terribly long, but I felt like I was watching it for a really long time. It dragged so much. Yes, there were some really disturbing moments mixed in, but not enough in my opinion. Everything just felt very bleak and gloomy and it didn’t fully explore some of the themes and symbols I was most interested in at the very beginning of the film.
Not that terrifying…
I have seen this film billed as both a horror movie and a thriller, but I’m not sure that it really fell into either category. Sure, there were some elements of both, but I would have liked to have seen this film embrace one of those genres in a tangible way. There was one moment in particular that was disturbing to witness, but everything else felt very flat and mediocre.
So am I in or out?
I’m 50/50 on this one…
Well acted and some interesting concepts, but the pacing was way too slow and I’m not sure that this film successfully carved its way into the atmospheric horror genre…even though it really tried to.
I hope you enjoyed the review and feel free to post your own thoughts and theories on Run Rabbit Run in the comments section below. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!
Best,
Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl
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When sisters, Nina and Gemma are vacationing in Hawaii with their friends, they get invited to an exclusive party on a private island that seems too good to be true. There’s only one rule…they can’t miss their ferry at midnight or they’ll have to wait until morning to leave the island. Only they didn’t realize that breaking this rule meant they would be hunted down on the island one by one.
Who will make it off the island alive?
I hope you enjoy my island thriller!
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