Tragic Ghost Movie Haunts Hulu Charts: “It almost gave me a panic attack”
Genre-bending fare accounts for some of my favorite cinema, especially if that genre-bending fare can make me sob uncontrollably. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind fans might remember Joel’s (Jim Carrey) nightmarish foray into his own waking memory as the faces of those closest to him distort and melt. It’s now streaming on Netflix—tell me the image below isn’t nightmare-inducing. More recently, Cat Person, now streaming on Hulu, adroitly merged social commentary with slasher thrills, resulting in an unprecedented and frightening depiction of modern dating.
Now, topping the charts on Hulu, is Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, a tragic ghost story about queer loneliness that will beguile the brain as much as it does the heart. Check out a trailer and synopsis below:
Per Hulu: One night in his near-empty London tower block, screenwriter Adam has a chance encounter with mysterious neighbor Harry, puncturing the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam finds himself drawn back to his childhood home, where his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died 30 years ago.
Haigh’s film is consciously obtuse. Perched in a dreamscape of shaky logic, it’s a haunting interrogation of queer generational gaps, how as circumstances (however slowly) improve for one set, another feels left behind, wedged between past pains and a reluctance to move forward. It’s strange and heartbreaking, and like the best ghost stories, you’ll find yourself incapable of shaking it. Oh, and it’s adapted from an actual horror novel, Taichi Yamada’s Strangers.
With its arrival on Hulu, audiences everywhere now have a chance to check out one of 2023’s best, genre-defying masterpieces. Check out what fans have had to say about it below:
What do you think? Do you plan on checking out All of Us Strangers on Hulu? Let me know over on Twitter @Chadiscollins.
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