Tag: mermaids

The Lure (NR: 2015)

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The Lure: NR; 2015. Drama, Fantasy, Horror. Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska; Writer: Robert Bolesto; Starring: Marta Mazurek; Kinga Preis; Michalina Olszanska; Kinga Preis; and more. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5278832/.

By far the most enticing thrilling enchanting movie I’ve watched this year sofar (2024), definitely atop my all time favorites. The Lure, which i stumbled upon on some streaming channel I can’t remember which one … I was instantly mesmerized by this foreign horror musical drama featuring one of my favorite fae species … Mermaids. Anyone who knows me, knows I’m overly obsessed with Faerie lore. This movie embraces fae living amongst us in the 1980’s time period. Not only that, but the 80’s/alternative music atmosphere drives me home to my era, with even more excitement. The story shows the tale of mermaid sisters named “Silver” and “Golden” who become enchanted by the song of “Figs and Dates” band members partying on the beach – they make friends and become adopted by the cabaret club the band operates within. Its a twisted love story beyond the “Little Mermaid” obsession with a human and going through a twisted operation to gain human legs permanently. The sister doesn’t understand and decides to listen to her natural desires -devouring the flesh of humans in the city. While this pitstop was meant only as a stop-over for the sisters new life in America, they become trapped in Warsaw. The music, sex, horror, the gore, comedy, drama, and the art-house madness makes it a uniquely enchanting mermaid tale. Review: 5 stars out of 5 by Oisin Rhymour

The Siren (R: 2019)

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Horror, Romance, Drama. Rated R. English. Runtime: 1 hour, 18 minutes. Released 2020. [ Amazon ] Director: Perry Blackshear; Starring: Margaret Ying, Evan Dumouchel, MacLeod Andrews; and more.

A tale of a married man returning to a lake where he lost his husband to a monster in the lake. As he’s investigating his loss and what happened, another man who is mute but not deaf seeks to come to harmony with his fear of the water. They both encounter the spirit of the lake, a beautiful sensual siren who falls in love with the mute. Battling her inner demons from continuing to drown her victims, she finds love as a balancer. Drama, violence, and horror befell the trio.

It was very slow … interesting plot, poor acting, inquisitive lore. Originally i tried to watch it while sleepy, and that was a bad mix as it caused me to snooze quickly. I rewatched it the next morning and it captivated my attention, but dragged in several areas. I like the plot, but thought the acting was annoying.

3 stars out of 5

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Sirens – The Series

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Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure. 2018-Present. PG-TV. Episode runtime: average of 1 hour. [ IMDB ] Director: Eric Wald, Dean White; Starring: Alex Roe, Eline Powell, Fola Evans-Akingbola, and many more.

The Setting is a small imaginary coastal town in Washington State known for its historic lore being founded upon the battles, interactions, and folklore between humans and mermaids. As a mysterious woman appears in the town, searching for her lost sister, sinister happenings are discovered on a military base; sonic weapons endangering mermaids and sea life off the coast forcing the sirens onto land. Little do most know they’ve been living among the humans undetected for hundreds of years. Sex, violence, inter-specie relationships, and polyamory mixed with the rest of the world’s current themes bring the tales to modern-day issues with a new retelling. A war between the humans and mer-folk is destined.

This is by far my most favorite series today …. right up there with Walking Dead, Vikings, and Game of Thrones. Spectacular acting, incredible plot, adventure, and themes. I love it. I simply am dying to find out what happens next week-to-week since the start of the series from 2018 to present-day 2020.

5 stars out of 5

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Ondine (PG-13: 2010)

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Ondine (PG-13: 2010)

* Rated: 5 stars out of 5 * Starring: Colin Farrell … Syracuse; Alicja Bachleda … Ondine; Dervla Kirwan … Maura; Alison Barry … Annie; Marion O’Dwyer … Nurse – Dialysis; Tony Curran … Alex; and many more. * Director: Neil Jordan * http://www.ondinefilm.com/ *

A modern Irish lyrical faerie tale about a fisherman named Syracuse who pulls up a stunning woman in his net called “Ondine”. Her name means “She who came from the sea” and begins to believe his daughter’s theory that Ondine is a selkie or mermaid, a seal woman who in Celtic myth is believed to be able to become human by taking off her seal coat in order to pursue love with a human. They begin to treat Ondine like she is a selkie as many oddities in the situation, the events, and the tale is mystical and tragic. Whenever Ondine is aboard the fishing vessel and sings her siren song, his nets are filled with bounty. It becomes a torrid love affair that turns out to have an even crazier origin of truth. Beautifully woven tale embedded in myth. Brought tears to my eyes and edge of your seat excitement. Why can’t I pull up a beautiful selkie like that in my fishing nets? Amazing plot, storyline, and cinematography.

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