The Blazing World

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The Blazing World

2021

1h 41m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Critics Consensus

The Blazing World's scattershot script isn't always able to support writer-director-star Carlson Young's ambitions, but its arresting visuals hold the attention.

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

10/18/2021

1/4

The Blazing World falls short narratively and visually.

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Sarah Jane

Austin Chronicle

10/15/2021

2/5

Overstuffed and overextended, The Blazing World is buoyed by the soundtrack (especially the songs by Isom Innis and Sean Cimino in their project Peel), and the too brief appearance by the wonderful Soko.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

10/14/2021

There's plenty of imagination on display in The Blazing World, but it's buried amidst the narrative and stylistic self-indulgence that assumes we'll be interested in going on this very strange and ultimately enervating journey.

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Rory Doherty

InSession Film

06/13/2024

B-

While filled with technical splendor, The Blazing World has great ambition but fails to come up with original ways to explore its infinite universe.

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

11/28/2022

I had little choice but to take the film at absolute face and textual value. These influences aren’t transfigured beyond the sum of their parts, they’re just familiar window dressing...

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Cody Dericks

Next Best Picture

07/11/2022

5/10

The visuals may be hypnotic, but they're in service of a valiant effort of a movie rather than a totally mind-bending adventure.

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brad p

@Bradster69 07/16/2022

‘The Blazing World' is Avant-Garde Horror Fantasy on Acid

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Joe C

@JoeinAtl 06/01/2022

Art school fluff. The premise is interesting enough, but the telling goes nowhere understandable or interesting. More money on plausible narrative and less on fantasy sets and graphics may have made this a viable watch, but with any sanity the writer/star/director will never be able to make a movie again to know for sure.

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11/04/2021

Visually stunning with a great eery score . As far as a directorial debut I think Carlson has an incredible career ahead of herself . 3/5

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Synopsis

Decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sibling may still be alive.

Director: Carlson Young
Producer: Brinton Bryan
Screenwriter: Carlson Young, Pierce Brown
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Greenbelt Films, Wavelength Productions, Tealhouse Entertainment, American Stream Wave
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 15, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2021
Runtime: 1h 41m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)