Back to glamorous Swinging London, with a touch of horror attached
In acclaimed director Edgar Wright’s psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker (Rotten Tomatoes)
Fascinated by the call of the big city, Eloise, a provincial girl, goes to London to look for success but finds the hidden evil behind the glamorous surface. It’s a story we have seen many times on the screen, but this time the protagonist magically steps into the Swinging London of the 60s to ‘witness’ the sad story of a girl like her, Sandie, coming from the farm to try and become a successful singer. Sandie is a kind of Eloise’s doppelganger, and so she relives the sad parable of the wannabe singer and her descent into the inferno behind the shining facade of Swinging Soho. It is a tale of illusion vs reality that leads to failure, murder and nightmare, in which the villain is a victim of society’s greed looking for revenge. The film is cross-genre, part comedy, part drama, thriller, horror, with zombies attached – actually Eloise’s nightmare visions. Nonetheless, the Soho of the 60s is great visual indeed, boosted by an excellent period soundtrack. If you love that decade and that lost London, go for it. You won’t regret it.
Follow up
Last Night in Soho review -The Guardian