Movie Reviews for Writers: Allegoria

Allegoria is a pretentious little arthouse horror flick about pretentiousness. It’s also directed by Rob Zombie’s little brother, Spider One from the rock group Powerman 5000. Where older brother Zombie went into carnival madness and gore, Spider seems to have something more to say about the creation process, even if wrapped in some over-the-top oddness where various songwriters, scriptwriters, actors, and painters discover the hard way that releasing their inner demons can become far too literal. 

All in all, it’s a lot more entertaining than one might think at first glance. It clearly doesn’t have the budget of Zombie’s slashers, but honestly, it doesn’t need it, not for these stories about people first and monsters and killers second. The segments work together in the same way a mosaic novel (like the first few Wildcards collections) with a shared cast who interacts in minor ways with each other as each new segment begins. 

The first story is about an actor teaching a class how to dig deep and channel the true horror inside them. But the second is where we finally hit some gold about the creative process. Marcus is a painter who is up against a deadline. Benny is his manager and is far more concerned about dollars than art. 

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