Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Movie Overview
"Velvet Buzzsaw" is a 2019 horror-thriller film directed and written by Dan Gilroy. The film features numerous A-listers, including Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, and John Malkovich, and blends the world of high-end art and supernatural scary into a commentary on the commercialisation of art.

Plot Outline
Gyllenhaal plays Morf Vandewalt, a snobbish art critic in the modern LA art scene, while Russo depicts Rhodora Haze, a cold and computing art gallery owner. The plot begins when Josephina, Rhodora's enthusiastic assistant, discovers a trove of paintings by a just recently deceased, unidentified artist called Vetril Dease in her apartment. Morf is bewitched by Dease's work and persuades Rhodora to show and offer them.

Mystical Artist and Creepy Artworks
As Morf looks into Dease's past, he discovers the artist's troubling history-- Dease was a mentally struggling individual who used human blood in his paintings and intended for his art to be ruined after his demise. Simultaneously, the art work begins to acquire appeal and high sales as individuals are drawn to its disturbing dark appeal.

Supernatural Horror and Deaths
Nevertheless, the movie takes a scary turn when the paintings become associated with a multitude of strange deaths. Initially, Josephina's sweetheart, Bryson, goes missing when he takes a couple of Dease's painting for himself. Next, an art installer loses an arm when a Dease painting bleeds and attacks him. As the body count increases, Morf, Rhodora, and Josephina realize they're dealing with something far more ominous and supernatural. Those who made make money from Dease's paintings are targeted by the cruel spirit occupying his works.

Climax and Conclusion
As Morf begins to question his peace of mind and spirals into paranoia, the supernatural scary escalates. The climax arrives when Morf is eliminated by the spirit of Dease, using among his paintings as the weapon. Rhodora and Josephina, too, pay the price for their greed. Rhodora is killed by her Dease's inspired tattoo, and Josephina succumbs to a mural that envelopes her in paint, causing her death. The motion picture concludes with Piers, a former artist, finding a few of Dease's painting disposed of by the road, marking an eerie indicator of the horror not being over.

The Underlying Themes
"Velvet Buzzsaw" lampoons the modern art world and critiques its vicious materialism. It underlines the pretentiousness of art consumerism and the moral personal bankruptcy linked to the financial exploitation of art. The strange deaths act as a review of the misuse, misinterpretation, and commercialisation of art by emphasizing that those who put earnings before individual expression are penalized by Dease's sinister spirit.

To sum up, "Velvet Buzzsaw" is a satirical supernatural scary film that delves into the high-end world of contemporary art. The movie talks about and criticizes the art world's commercialization and the public's fixation with ownership, resulting in a series of awful and scary occasions.

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