1/7/2024 0 Comments Mary had a little lamb notes![]() It’s English Gothic as the crew arrive and are compelled to stay at Mary’s rural abode, unaware that she’s harboring a killer lamb. There’s an incredulous series of events augmented by noteworthy establishing shots and a Hammer Horror-esque sense of atmosphere. Early-goings are firmly the former, though, because, upon arrival in the woods, Arber and writer Harry Boxley get a little more playful. Not that expectations were high to begin with, but there is a difference between a bad movie and a bad but enjoyable one. Drab interiors, lazy blocking, and regular audial mouth clicks risk derailing Mary Had a Little Lamb before it even starts. Nonetheless, a serendipitous news reel sends Carla and her podcast crew off to the Warp Woods to investigate a series of disappearances over the years.Įarly technical elements distract. Never mind the cold case conceit, he wants something new, even though Carla correctly tells him new cases aren’t cold cases. Her dated cases have hemorrhaged viewers, and boss Pete (Mark Sears) gives her just a week to find something more recent or risk losing the show. Also Read: ‘Saltburn’ London Film Festival 2023 Review: A Devilishly Addictive Little SurpriseĬue Carla (May Kelly, uncannily resembling Lindsay Lohan, vocal fry and all), a cold-case podcaster in need of a win. ![]() ![]() He grunts and dismembers the guests as Mary cheers him on (she’s his mother). Leaning heavily into its The Texas Chain Saw Massacre inspiration, Mary and the young woman sit down for a gruesome dinner punctuated by the arrival of Gaston Alexander’s Lamb, a visually compelling yet narratively inert hulking killer. Par for the course, Mary Had a Little Lamb opens with the titular Mary (Christine Ann Nyland) singing the nursery rhyme while a battered, bruised woman rests on her lap. ![]()
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