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‘Azrael’ Review: Wordless Horror Indie Proves Incapable of Explaining Its Own Premise
A woman escapes a mute cult in a future filled with zombies and accidental implications in 'Azrael,' from 'Cheap Thrills' director E.L. Katz.
While the experimental premise of “ Azrael ” is commendable on paper — a wordless, gore-filled revenge indie about a woman escaping a religious cult, as well as zombies of some sort — the film finds itself unable to visually convey many basic tenets of its story. A young woman ( Samara Weaving) with a crucifix branding on her throat makes her way through a forest, constantly looking over her shoulder, before silently admonishing her romantic partner (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) for lighting a fire. The cult’s creaking, wooden church, run by a pregnant priestess, is filled with paintings implied to be premonitions, and Weaving’s character ends up imbued with some sort of supernatural ability to glimpse future events herself.
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