Parasite (2019) -

I probably wouldn't have gone anywhere near this film if it hadn't featured on the up to date IMDB Top 250 films and personally I would have kept 'Snow White And The Seven Dwarves' (1937) from their Top 100 list and left this one off, but it wasn't a bad film at all.

I could see the appeal in this one, because it managed to be a little bit of everything, all in just one film. It was clever how the "Poor" family manipulated the "Rich" family and that element to start with was quite witty, but then things went in a different direction and all sorts of drama, horror and thrilling styles came in to play.

I can only really compare it to 'From Dusk Till Dawn' (1996) in that respect, having had no idea of the twist that occurred in that one either. I'm not saying that there are definitely Vampires, but there could be. And actually anything could have happened as the story progressed with secrets and events that I hadn't even considered at the outset.

The only other film that I could see similarities to would be 'The Handmaiden' (2016), also from South Korea and a film where things weren't always as they seemed either.

I'm not sure how good the acting was in this one, because I find it really difficult with foreign language films to feel the emotion and that is certainly the case with Asian stories with their exaggerated humour elements akin to Anime or sometimes even those crazy Japanese game shows where the contestants are basically repeatedly tortured in a 'Krypton Factor' (1977-2013) style, but without the health and safety people on hand.

I think the "Rich" Mum, Yeon Kyo was probably a bit over the top, although she appeared to fit quite well as the film progressed.

Ultimately, what started out as quite a lighthearted and cheeky hustle film, very quickly became something severe and psychotic that was very dark and twisted in some very odd directions. I wouldn't say that I didn't like it, but I felt that there was a translation issue, although it did seem far easier to liken it to cinema of British or U. S. origin than others I've watched.

It really would be hard to quantify as one type of film, but I suppose it would be best classed as a dark dramatic comedy?

635.67/1000.