Last Night In Soho
Edgar Wright is always creating something unexpected from a zombie apocalypse in Shaun of The Dead to violent murders in Hot Fuzz. For Last Night in Soho . . . London is transformed into a ghost town, haunted by the women who walk the streets of a seedy 1960s Soho.
Eloise idolises Twiggy, Audrey Hepburn and all the pop artists from this timeless era . . . her love of vintage fashion has led her to London, where her country roots make her an outsider. This drives her to a bedsit run by Miss Collins (played by Diana Rigg, in her final onscreen role), where her spooky relationship with Sandy begins.
The film’s casting struck gold with one of the leads . . . Ann Taylor-Joy, who shone in The Queen’s Gambit, and continues to captivate us her set stare and hypnotic poise. The film is at its strongest when focused on the horror. Ambitious scares pay homage to other filmmakers from the past and present with neon lights that bleed into Eloise’s room to the chandelier-lit mirrors that feature sophisticated sequences with spectacular editing.
I personally preferred the final act . . . where it ramps up the daftness. All in all, this was a handsomely made horror film.
The film opened last week and is pretty much available everywhere.
