Marrowbone is the kind of horror film that gets better with every viewing

If anything defines the Gothic genre, it’s the secrets. Dark, forbidding castles and bleak, windswept moors certainly have their place in the canon, and so do threats of death and hints of the supernatural. But it’s certainly possible to tell an effective, chilling Gothic story in broad daylight if there are enough secrets that suggest darkness and danger. Sergio G. Sánchez’s Gothic horror movie Marrowbone is perfect proof. The story, about four siblings trapped in a decaying country mansion with an unseen malevolent force, zigzags across genres and teases viewers with the various ways the story could go. And it mostly takes place in sun-bathed rooms and outdoors on bright summer days. That never stops it from being unsettlingly spooky.... Continue reading…