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The Lure

2015, Movie, 1h 33min

This genre-defying horror-musical mash-up—the bold debut of Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska—follows a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczyńska’s imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid,” in which the girls’ bond is tested and their survival threatened after one sister falls for a human. A coming-of-age fairy tale with a catchy synth-fueled soundtrack, outrageous song-and-dance numbers, and lavishly grimy sets, THE LURE explores its themes of emerging female sexuality, exploitation, and the compromises of adulthood with savage energy and originality.

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Reviews

Critic Russ Fischer

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...a darkly freaky riff on Hans Christian Andersen‘s “The Little Mermaid.”

Read full review at Indie Wire

Critic Marc Savlov

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A gloriously genre-defying mash-up of melodrama, romance, musical, and cultural subtext masquerading as a horror film...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Simon Abrams

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Watching "The Lure" is a bit like having manic depression—the thrilling high points are just as relentless as the crushing low-tide ebbs.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Frequently asked questions

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In this dark fantasy horror romance, two man-eating mermaid sisters are lured ashore by a handsome young man and become a nightclub act. As they navigate the temptations of love, sex, and flesh, they must confront the cruel and bloody choices that come with their newfound desires. With their voices and bodies, they enchant and seduce, but their true nature cannot be contained. A tragic love story unfolds, awash in the neon lights and pulsating music of the 80s, as the sisters struggle to reconcile their aquatic past with their human desires.

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