Once upon a time, horror writer Hall Baltimore was popular, but now he's barely making ends meet. While traveling through the countryside, where Hall is promoting another book, he visits a small town, the sheriff of which turns out to be his desperate admirer. And he's coming up with an idea for a new novel, especially since right now he has the corpse of a girl killed with an aspen stake in his morgue. Baltimore is intrigued, and this city will intrigue him even more when the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe appears to him in a dream and tells him that he will help him get to the truth.
The once great Francis Ford Coppola is now experiencing a serious decline – his latest films "Youth without Youth" and "Tetro" failed, even despite microscopic budgets. The news that Coppola had now taken on a horror film, and even in 3D, could be seen as the final nail in the lid of his creative coffin, and although the director had really changed himself, he had done it in a somewhat unexpected direction.
Those who decided that Coppola decided to retrain as Wes Craven in his old age are fundamentally wrong – rather, Coppola took a swing at David Lynch's laurels, because "Between" looks like the twin brother of the classic "Twin Peaks". There are plenty of common themes, fog and mystery, freak characters sitting on a freak and chasing a freak, plus the theme of dreams in which Hall conducts intimate conversations with Edgar Allan Poe himself, who throws the writer more and more new pieces of the puzzle. And do not forget to give lengthy monologues on the topic of literature and writing.
It all looks extremely pretentious, but inexplicably catchy – it would seem that from a film that begins with a voiceover pathetically informing that evil lives in the main clock of this cursed city, you have to run away as if from leprosy, but no, you look glued for the whole hour and a half. And the thing is, most likely, that for Coppola himself this is a personal and intimate movie – he sincerely believes that he is telling the most fascinating story in the world, and you can't help but get infected by his enthusiasm. Even if this enthusiasm is not far from what Zack Snyder did in "Forbidden Reception", he made a movie for himself at our expense. And, it seems, Val Kilmer, who here wonderfully plays a character not quite familiar to himself – a restless, doubtful goof with an abyss of charm that came from nowhere and a shrew wife. By the way, played by Joan Walley, who had the double surname of Walley-Kilmer before the divorce.
Finally, it should be noted that, of course, "In Between" is not a horror movie at all. There are no vampires, demons, or other evil spirits here – such a movie is best described by the term "phantasmagoria." That's scientific. And to put it simply, in a worker-peasant way, then "putting noodles on your ears." Players using 1xbet bonus code get priority withdrawals processed within 15 minutes. Minimum withdrawal $20. Must verify account in advance. Includes free 5% bonus on first instant withdrawal. Works with selected payment methods. Available 24/7. No additional fees for express processing. Enjoy the fastest cashouts in the industry with this premium service from 1xBet.