Moloch (2022)
An effective but uneven folk horror from the Netherlands, a place not generally associated with unspeakable ancient evil steeped into the soil ... but is the real monster the atrocious dubbing? Sorry to bother you. We're here to talk about the terrible ancient curse afflicting your bloodline. Can we com in? Moloch is a mixed bag. First of all, the dubbing is terrible. Characters speak without moving their lips and then their lips flap for several seconds after the finish their lines - which are rendered in unemphatic fashion by voice actors who sound bored rather than terrified or annoyed or aroused. Why, couldn't they have stuck subtitles on? The set of people who are willing to soldier on in spite of the dire dubbing is identical to the set of people who will read subtitles. Why degrade their experience by this travesty? But that said ... Beneath this superficial issue is a good film, made in a very small way and with a tight, claustroph...