Rum and Popcorn

The Virgin of the Quarry Lake

Very much my sort of horror. This is a solid entry in the “it’s rough being a teenage girl” genre, with a gentle touch of supernatural thrown in. For me, the pacing was spot on. It felt slow but with a constant sense of threat, that only very rarely bubbled to the surface. Natalia and friends are all falling for Diego, but he’s been swept away by worldly, older Silvia. Natalia’s anger and hurt surface in sudden moments of violence and power (or are they just accidents and power-cuts?). It’s menacing and threatening without ever being gratuitously nasty. I loved it.

Though Diego seemed like a berk.

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