I just saw
Shutter Island last night! Yowza! What a beautiful, dark, engrossing movie of the psychological thriller/horror variety. Incredibly powerful!
The setting of this film is grim, and can be deeply depressing. It’s a dark film with horror and insanity at every turn. If that’s not your thing, better skip this movie.
However, the horror isn't of the slasher flick variety (you know, the
other slasher genre. ;) There is blood and some disturbing imagery, but take it from someone who hates horror movies: this was GOOD.
( DO NOT READ if you don’t want to be spoiled! )I’d recommend this movie for fans of psychological thrillers with threads of horror running through it (also fans of period pieces). When you leave the theater, the movie will stay with you. Some scenes are disturbing in graphic violence and imagery. There is a twist that explains quite a bit, and I’ll leave that to you to see. :)