Amer / Animal Kingdom

Amer (2009) ★★★★

This is basic movie Freud, elegantly mounted. The soundtrack (footsteps, dripping taps, creaking doors, banging shutters) is ominously exaggerated. The close-ups are extreme. Colours change melodramatically to fit the shifting moods. The music is borrowed from old horror films. The dialogue is at first sparse, then non-existent. Luis Buñuel (sliced eyeballs, insects crawling out of bodies), Mario Bava and Dario Argento are affectionately alluded to. Viewers are left to create their own narratives or absorb the events into their own dreams and nightmares. This is art-house horror, a pure cinema for connoisseurs, a return to late-19th-century decadence.
-Philip French, The Observer



Animal Kingdom (2010) ★★★

DADA

An 80s new wave band from New York City. Couldn't find this gem of a song anywhere so felt obliged to upload it.


"The band seemed to have a sense of humor, from their vocal delivery, lyrical content, and even the record label (presumably self-released under "A Major Recording Label," whose only releases are these two records). The band members even all shared the same last name, though they may very well be brothers. Slight tongue-in-cheek humor aside, these tracks are perfectly suited for a dancefloor, and are some of my favorite obscure gems."
- Systems of Romance (blog)


Downloads available on Systems of Romance.

Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs

Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs (2011):

Paristokraatit (Spotify Playlist)

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Of Monsters and Men

Icelandic cuteness.

Hooded Fang