Pricks Of Sensation
2023 · 10m · USA
Directed by Alex Sulock
Tones: dark, provocative, tense
A young man unraveling at the seams tries to care for his grandfather while torching every other relationship around him. A black fever dream of male decline that gets bloodier as it goes.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Mean, grimy, and refusing the comforting structure of redemption. That's the kind of DIY filmmaking I'll defend even when I want a shower afterward.
DIY grotesquery wedded to caregiving guilt is a serious thematic pairing; Combat Shock meeting a homemade Buzzard is uncompromising shorthand. Not for every room but I respect the swing.
DIY grotesquery wedded to caregiving guilt — a young man tending his grandfather while torching every other relationship — is a real darkness pitch and Combat Shock is a heavy comparison. Could be exhausting or it could draw blood.
Reviews
An uncompromising DIY vision of toxicity and paranoia.