Film Review – Hungry Hearts

“Hungry Hearts” is an unusual horror film. It doesn’t deal with poltergeists, zombies, or monsters, only the terrifying realm of marital manipulation. It’s a war zone where every word is a weapon and every action of protection a betrayal. As disturbing as any chainsaw massacre, “Hungry Hearts” deals in sinister business, inspecting depression and subtle acts of submission that register with realism, even as director Saverio Costanzo gradually pushes the illness into more cinematic areas of suspense. While it teases geniality, the movie gradually unleashes its poison, generating remarkable tension without indulging more grandiose acts of betrayal. Sometimes all it takes is a portrait of an unstable mother to conjure complete terror. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com