And now she’s starring in Elizabeth Harvest from Sebastian Gutierrez, a techno-modern telling of the story of Bluebeard, in which Lee plays multiple versions of the titular character - a woman who’s being fabricated in a lab and repeatedly murdered by her mad scientist husband (Ciarán Hinds).īut don’t make the mistake of counting her as just a pretty face. Nicolas Winding Refn cast her as his most vicious climber in The Neon Demon, a meditation on how we commoditize and worship beauty. George Miller gave Lee her screen debut with Mad Max: Fury Road, in which she played the Dag, the most eccentric member of the Many Wives collective. Her almost-supernatural beauty means filmmakers have sought her out for years to play otherworldly and alluring characters. Well worth your time, if you can deal with a truly slow burn.Watching Australian actress Abbey Lee makes you wonder if the Men in Black isn’t a real agency welcoming visitors from other worlds to work and live on Earth. While the plot is convoluted and suffers at times the technological aspects of the film and its performances manage to just about salvage it.Įlizabeth Harvest is well worth your time, with a myriad of twists and turns and some truly philosophical plot threads that are tied up neatly in a bow by the end. She plus Elizabeth perfectly simple minded, beautiful, doe eyed and extremely confused, scared and intrigued by everything going on around her. Lee proved her prowess in Mad Max and the Neon Demon but here proves she’s s mich higher calibre of actress than most would usually expect of a supermodel. The main draws of the film are it’s beautiful cinematography, scenery, some fantastic elements of horror and suspense and an absolutely mesmerising performance from leading lady Lee. Despite a fantastic set up and an overall great plot however, the film suffers due to an overly long runtime and far too much exposition (though the exposition is necessary and even with it the film is still hugely confusing at times). I can’t say much more of the plot without spoiling but the film could be seen as a modern adaptation of the 17th century fairytale Bluebeard. Everything seems perfect and there’s only one rule a single basement room is off limits to Elizabeth, no matter what.Įlizabeth promptly breaks the rule and discovers the shocking secret Henry and Claire are hiding and this sets in motion a series of events that are both marvellous whilst madly confusing and thought provoking. A young, beautiful but perpetually confused woman who has recently married rich older gentleman and genius Henry (Ciarán Hinds) The two celebrate their honeymoon in his opulent, isolated mountainside home where their every whims are attended to by housemaid Claire (Carla Gugino) and blind Oliver (Matthew Beard). Supermodel turned actress Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Neon Demon) plays the titular character. | Rules & Info | Review Database | Series Reviews & Collections |Įlizabeth Harvest is a truly intriguing movie built off a fantastic, small cast and a plot that immediately draws you in. This will help others know what types of movies you like when they are reading your reviews! If you have any issues adding a flair, please let us know. We would like subscribers to set their personal flairs to their favorite horror movie.Review Database: | Full Database of Reviews | If you are a horror creator or promoter and would like to see your movie, short or whatever reviewed on /r/HorrorReviewed please message the mods and we'd be glad to do a review for you - just be prepared, it will be honest and truthful! Everyone is welcome to add a review, we just ask that you follow our RULES. All reviews are submitted by other horror fans just like you (aka our subscribers!). Our subreddit is dedicated to text-based reviews of anything and everything horror related.
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