Ben Wheatley directed Kill List. It was awesome. He also directed High Rise. I have not seen it. He also also directed Free Fire, which, given this trailer, I will certainly see. Brie Larson, period piece, swagger, violence, style. A custom made pop culture prostate massager. For me!

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British filmmaker Ben Wheatley gave audiences a look behind the suburban crime curtain with his strong 2009 debut Down Terrace. Wheatley’s latest film, Kill List, takes another look at the delicate intricacies of domestic life then burns the house down. By the time the end credits started rolling I was reeling – damn near suffocated by the smothering atmosphere of pure dread. Over its 90 minutes, the Kill List shifts from a Mike Leigh-style family drama to terrifying folk horror that left me shivering. You’ll never guess how it ends as the film’s beginning is made up of the marital bickering of middle class Englanders Jay (Neil Maskell) and Shel (MyAnna Buring).

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