Alyce Kills

Alyce in LaLaLand
Just watched this on demand and really enjoyed it.It was different from most of the horror films coming out as of late.In a good way.Alyce played by Jade Dornfeld is quite the interesting character and I couldn't take my eyes off of her.Her eyes were unreadable which in itself is frightening because you never know if she's going to pet or bite you. I never really figured out her true motives for doing everything that she did but that's ok because it was so much fun tagging along with her on her journey.
Her relationship with Carroll played by Tamara Feldman was at first playful and almost like she was in love with her then Alyce & Carroll get high on X and Alyce pushes Carroll off the roof of her apartment building leaving Carroll very jacked up to say the least,the make up was great.After the accident Alyce goes into a drug induced stupor and loses it.She does some really strange and unthinkable things and we meet some very interesting characters.The film has surrealism in it...

Slow Burn
Alyce Kills is well done sexy and violent. Jade Dornfeld is terrific in her role of girl going crazy or maybe she already was all along. The film has three distinct sections and the look and feel changes from fun to tragedy to all out F'd up gore. One of my new favorites..

WHAT WOULD CARROLL DO?
This horror/thriller sets up as a symbol/metaphor for "Alice in Wonderland." There are numerous hints to connect the two within the film including the song, "White Rabbit" which we hear early in the film. This was originally released in 2011 with the title of "Alyce." The addition of the word "Kills" detracts from the metaphor, most likely done by a marketing firm more interested in sales than dark art.

Alyce (Jade Dornfeld) has work and rent issues. She opts to go party with her best friend Carroll, as in Lewis Carroll (Tamara Feldman). They are very similar...like Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. Alyce is clearly the follower of the two as she was known as SWF. Their desire to party and do drugs escalates until the point of no return.

Alyce descends further into the world of drugs and madness. At one point she swaps sex for ecstasy with a man who is symbolically the Mad Hatter. Then the film goes over the top as the thriller turns into horror.

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