MadS
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A teenager stops off to see his dealer to test a new drug before heading off for a night of partying. On the way home, he picks up an injured woman, and the night takes a surreal turn.
Our read · MadS (2024) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · thriller · coming-of-age entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of MadS
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a one-take French bad-trip spiral that never lets you breathe.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if drug-fueled chaos, relentless violence, and no exit plan terrify you.
The reading.
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