heather graham

Kirill Sokolov’s first English language feature is far from substantial. Indeed, when one reads that his filmmaking style is influenced by Park Chan-Wook, Sam Raimi’s gory-driven horror-comedies, and anime, They Will Kill You becomes obviously derivative. Yet, there’s pleasure at just how far he is willing to go with his one-woman army played by Zazie Beetz. Everything is turned up to eleven and the film doesn’t stop for a moment. If you want a rip-roaring, messy, (mostly) one location survival thriller with ultra-violence, crawling eyeballs, and Satanists of the Ready or Not variety wearing pig masks and robes in a spooky private building in New York, Sokolov has you covered (in blood and guts). They Will Kill You isn’t selling a deep story; it’s selling a splatter-stick dark comedy with maximum carnage. It’s gross and bloody fun.