Make Believe Seattle 2023 Review: In POUNDCAKE, Everyone Wants A Slice Without Weighing The Costs
Catfight was an amusing and entertaining dark comedy to watch, and my first introduction to the work of director and actor Onur Tukel. Fast forward to 2023 and I’m now inclined a little more to keep the helmer’s resumè in my purview per his penchant for fun-poking satire, knowing full well what his target audience is, especially with his latest horror nod, Poundcake. This film comes after just about everyone who’s ever had an opinion about anything. The prime focus here is placed surrounding the web of discourse that takes place as hype and hysteria set in New York City with the accumulating body count left by a serial killer: a brooding, portly, gimp mask-wearing chain murderer who targets cis white men, in some instances raping them until they die. Numerous conversations about the incidents arise between several podcasts and guests with various hosts putting their spin on the crime […]