Julia (2014 film)

Julia
Directed by Matthew A. Brown
Produced by Matthew A. Brown
Ty Walker
Written by Matthew A. Brown
Starring Ashley C. Williams
Tahyna Tozzi
Jack Noseworthy
Music by Frank Hall
Cinematography Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Edited by Sverrir Kristjánsson
Production
companies
Farraj Factory
Kinetic Arts
Tycor International Film Company
Release dates
  • July 19, 2014 (2014-07-19) (PiFan)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Julia is a 2014 American horror film and the feature film directorial debut of Matthew A. Brown.[1] The movie had its world release on 19 July 2014 at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and stars Ashley C. Williams as a woman who seeks revenge for her brutal rape.[2][3]

Synopsis

Julia (Ashley C. Williams) is a young woman that was drugged and raped by Piers (Ryan Cooper) and his friends, who then left her for dead. She manages to make her way home, where the viewer discovers that Julia has spent most of her life being abused by various tormentors and has turned to self-harm as a result. Later Julia overhears someone discussing a therapy that has rape victims taking back power from their attackers. She's introduced to Dr. Sgundud (Jack Noseworthy) through the mysterious Sadie (Tahyna Tozzi). Under her guidance, Julia seduces a man (implied to be a rapist of one of the past patients of Sgrundud), lures him to her apartment, where the rest of the sisterhood restrain him, make Julia emasculate him (taking genitals as a trophy), and dispose the body.

After several more hunts, Julia one day sees one of her rapists in the clinic where she works, and decides to seek revenge on them all using Sgrundud's methods. She convinces Piers to assemble a meeting, claiming that she actually liked what happened. On a meeting, Julia drugs Piers and two of his friends, surgically removes Piers's eyes (as he did not actually rape her, only watched) and the other men's genitalia, then leaves for the last one. However, she finds him killed by the sisterhood, and Julia herself is knocked unconscious and taken back to Dr. Sgrundud after Sadie snitches on her.

Sgrundud tells Julia that she has violated the rules of "taking medicine" and therefore, drugged again, is about to be dissected alive. He also reveals that the idea of emasculating victims came to him after he himself went through such a procedure performed by his father. However, before he starts to operate on Julia, Sadie saves her, killing Sgrundud and all remaining patients. Liberated, Julia shoots Sadie in the head and departs.

Cast

Reception

Nerdly praised Julia, writing "Julia is an evocative and engaging watch more from its uniquely cinematic stylings than through anything given in the narrative. While certainly not perfect, overall it is a decent entry in a genre which is troubling at the best of times and I certainly will be remembering writer/director Brown’s name for the future."[4] Grolsch Film Works also recommended the movie, comparing it favorably to American Mary.[5] Flickering Myth gave a mixed review for Julia, commenting that the movie was "a lot better than the I Spit on Your Grave remakes and it’s a lot smarter than the original on which they were based, but it’s also fairly forgettable."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "First trailer for Julia, starring The Human Centipede's Ashley C. Williams". JoBlo. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Shotwell, James. "‘JULIA’ TRAILER: RAPE AND REVENGE ON THE STREETS OF NYC". Under the Gun Review. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "‘Human Centipede’ Star Gets Revenge In ‘Julia’". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Loring, Ian. "FrightFest 2014: ‘Julia’ Review". Nerdly. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Bitel, Anton. "FRIGHTFEST 2014: JULIA". Grolsch Film Works. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Owen, Luke. "Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – Julia (2014)". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

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