I first heard of the British horror movie The Appointment after seeing the clip below, which was making the rounds on Twitter and Instagram last year. It was simply labeled "Ridiculous Car Crash" and indeed, it is absolutely ridiculous. Please watch it right now.
Digging into the comments of the clip on Instagram, the movie was identified as The Appointment, and the best reply to that comment was "Well, did he make it on time?" So, yes, I knew I had to see the movie to understand just why such an insane car crash is part of it.
And damned if I can tell you!
This is one of the strangest films to make it onto this countdown, and I'm still not entirely sure I understand the plot. On the surface it's this: In a cold open, a girl goes missing while walking home from school (that scene is actually pretty effective). Sometime later, a girl at the same school is excited about her upcoming violin concert, but really, really, like weirdly, upset when she finds out her father won't be able to make it because he has an appointment that can't be missed that day. The night before the date of the concert, rottweilers stalk the house, and the family has nightmares about car crashes. The next day, he drives to the appointment...
Aside from the ending (which is actually not surprising, really, but I don't want to spoil things), that is really all that happens in this movie. It's all filmed in an off-kilter way, with takes that last too long, and that, along with a constant churning soundtrack in the background, feels very Lynchian, but without any of David Lynch's sense of humor. I'm telling you, this movie truly is a headscratcher!
The Appointment is available to stream on the Roku channel. The print is good, but unfortunately not in the original aspect ratio. Below is the best trailer I could find out YouTube, which has French subtitles.
1 comment:
OMG! That car crash is epic!!!!!!
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