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tonight's feature: Glorious (2022) on Shudder
(SPOILERS?) I put off watching Glorious because I thought it would just be a bunch of senseless gore. The poster shows a guy holding a severed leg so that makes sense, right? But I didn't really notice the pale pink and purple lights and all the tentacles, which would let a discerning fanboy know this is Lovecraft inspired horror at its cosmic squelching best.
Our protagonist, the depressed enigma named Wes, is driving down the highway with his car full of stuff. He stops at a rest area and gets trashed, since he may or may not have lost his girlfriend recently. Once he enters the restroom, however, he is unwittingly stepping into the domain of one of The Great Old Ones, a demigod bent on destruction of humanity and life on earth. He just needs West to complete one small task to set the universe right.
The movie doesn't veer much from this premise or setting but that's ok. It worked for me because it was quite different and pretty heady in the conceptual department. It might be a downer if you were looking for a bloodbath with multiple characters, but I'm pretty glad I gave it a chance. 8 vividly painted glory holes out of 10.
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