‘The Block Island Sound’ Review: Not Your Typical Aquatic Horror Movie [Fantasia Film Festival]
Posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 by Kalyn Corrigan
A big trend in 2020 genre releases has been scary movies that take place on the water, but forsake the traditional aquatic horror tropes. William Eubank’s Underwater is a cautionary tale about what happens when you awaken a sleeping giant; Jeffrey A. Brown’s The Beach House is a Lovecraftian home invasion thriller; Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever is a contagion drama that stresses the value of community; and the McManus brothers’ The Block Island Sound applies doomsday conspiracy theories to the mysteries of the vast open blue.
