Written by Jonathan Bernstein And James Greer
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Robert: "I'm a surgeon. God plays to me."
If you read my blog posts and you're a Doctor Who fan and I said the word Mindwarp, it may give you a clue as to what the general concept of this movie might be. I mean there are likely better comparisons I should make but right now, it's the one springing to mind the movie.
Anyways, you've got Lauren LaVera, who thanks to the Terrifier franchise has managed to solidify herself as a modern day Scream Queen. In this movie she's a reasonably charismatic con woman named Paloma Joia. Along with her friend/girlfriend Smith (Mia Healey), the two of them have a sweet operation scamming tenants.
It was a sweet operation until Paloma (pretending to be Marnie) set her sights on a doctor named Robert Kezian (Djimon Hounsou). Trying to scam him went spectacularly wrong when he saved her from a would be attacker. Let's say that Robert's bedside manner could do with a lot of work.
On a serious, Paloma realised to her absolute horror that Robert was keeping her prison with the rather brain damaged Lenny (Renes Rivera) effectively guarding her. It turned out that Robert's wife, Rebecca (Alicia Witt) needed a healthy brain. Unfortunately, that wasn't good news for Paloma.
We got to see Paloma's attacker with Smith's brain inside him before it went wrong and Paloma's hope of rescue with Robert's co-worker Bradshaw (Neal McDonough) were a no go when Robert killed the latter for being opposed to the brain transfer idea.
Throw in two rather ineffective detectives with Crase (Jacob Lukas Anderson) and Warricker (Gina Philips) and Paloma was basically doomed. Robert essentially got what he wanted but he didn't live long to enjoy it.
- Paloma went through names and wigs during the course of the movie before her head was shaved. Her family died in a car crash three years ago.
- There was a few literary allusions, including a timely reference to Wuthering Heights.
- Standout music: Sylvia Massey's American Dream.
- Chronology: Present day New York City. I did like Robert's Brownstone place.
Twisted (2026) had a good premise and there are undoubtedly solid performances from both Lauren LaVera and Djimon Hounsou. That's the good bit but it's also a movie with an intriguing premise let down by sloppy execution and dull direction at times.
Rating: 5 out of 10
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