run rabbit run is filled with the touchstones of horror we’ve seen before: a grieving family, a creepy girl whose every line of dialogue raises more concern, something dark might usher in. Mysterious pets that may or may not. Some of the best horror movies play with the familiar and push the boundaries even further.
run rabbit run
release date:
to be decided
directed by:
Dyna Reed
Streaming:
netflix
After a mysterious white rabbit arrives on her doorstep, a single mother begins to notice drastic changes around her 7-year-old daughter.
Not so here.in the meantime InheritanceSarah Snook commits to high-wire performance, run rabbit run It’s not doing things you haven’t seen elsewhere, and you can’t get out of your own way.
Sarah (Snook) recently lost her father and is trying to move on with her daughter Mia (Lily Latorre). She takes Mia to her school and gets a job as her fertility doctor. The only indication that something might be wrong is the daily calls from the senior care facility which she ignores to the best of her ability. She hosts him and his partner for Mia’s birthday party, so her relationship with her ex (Damon Herriman) is trustworthy.Mia is curious and Sarah’s estranged Ask Sarah about her mother Joanne (Greta Scacchi). “I always miss people I’ve never met,” Mia asked about it.
On her birthday, Sarah and Mia arrive home to find a white rabbit sitting on their doorstep. It’s docile in Mia’s arms and she wants to keep it, but Sarah is more skeptical, believing it ran away from a neighbor’s house. Circle talks a lot, but that didn’t stop her from trying to chuck the rabbit over the fence, resulting in the rabbit biting her hand.
However, those bite marks that never seemed to heal were only the beginning of Sarah’s troubles. Mia becomes more belligerent, claiming her name is not Mia and Sarah is not her mother.A dark square appears behind Mia’s paintings, annoying her teachers. Her attraction to Joan becomes a complete obsession, and she starts hitting and kicking her mother when she doesn’t get her way. Things escalate to an even more disturbing level when Mia meets Joan and Sarah begins cleaning Joan’s house in the Australian countryside. And she insists that she wears the rough-hewn rabbit mask over her face as often as possible, and every time she takes it off she is surprised to find a bloody nose underneath.
run rabbit run As it gains momentum, it may circle and fade out to black and stop. One minute Mia is curious about things and the next she has a temper tantrum. Sarah’s past returns and haunts her both figuratively and later on a more literal level. Unexplained phenomena begin to emerge, leaving Sarah (and us) to wonder how much of what we’re seeing is true. It might let you, but it doesn’t take long to figure out how well certain elements work before you even see them.
It’s a Snook performance that starts off more contained but gets much bigger and draws you in all the way to the highwire finale. Handmaid’s Tale) imposes trust responsibility on Snook, which is rewarded with dividends. But while Sara may find some of her answers by the end, on the other side there’s a familiarity that pales in comparison to similar works.
run rabbit run Screened in person and online at the Sundance Film Festival.
*First published: January 22, 2023 at 1:13 PM CST
Michelle Jaworski
Michelle Jaworski is a staff writer and TV/film critic for the Daily Dot. She has covered entertainment, geek culture, pop culture and has covered everything from Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, Tribeca to New York She Comic Con, Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.
