Archenemy (2020) - Movie Review

After what happened last time I reviewed a film by writer/director Adam Egypt Mortimer with Daniel Isn’t Real last year… not gonna lie, I was slightly dreading his latest. Not because I was expecting it to be bad; I have enough faith in SpectreVision to not steer me wrong, and same goes for the filmmaker behind one of my favourites from 2019. Rather, it’s because of what writing about that film got out of me, and even for how TMI quite a few of my reviews can get, that one went further than most in describing my own history with mental health. I just got done with a pretty heavy review with If Anything Happens I Love You, and I don’t exactly have the energy for an encore at present. Which is why I’m rather thankful that Mortimer’s latest isn’t just a switch-up from what came before, but breaks new ground for SpectreVision’s genre spectrum as well.

Daniel Isn't Real (2019) - Movie Review

Elijah Wood may have a pretty solid career as an actor, but his pedigree as a producer is on a whole other level. With his production company SpectreVision, the man has shown a real taste and willingness to back some pretty bizarre shit over the last few years. From the school-set zom-com Cooties, to the acclaimed vampiric western A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, to the trash masterpiece The Greasy Strangler, to the Boomer-scorching acid trip of Mandy from last year; SpectreVision is getting dangerously close to Point Grey Pictures for studios close to my heart of hearts. And their latest to reach cinemas over here certainly fits in that wheelhouse of cracked-out brilliance, although in a different way that what has come before.