Piggy (2022) – Carlota Pereda.

I greatly enjoyed Piggy, but, truth be known, I had very much hoped that the appealingly rotund female protagonist (Laura Galan) might have enjoyed an exhilarating, albeit brief romantic union with her lumbering, serial killing beau! I couldn't honestly say that I had much sympathy for any of the characters outside of Sara and the big fella, Sara's family were altogether vapid, and her bland tormentors manifestly deserved to die. In reality, bullies never change, they remain thus for all of their miserable lives, happily, most horror films adhere strictly to their own rules, thereby offering redemptive arcs, bloody catharsis, and triumphant Final Girl blah blah blah. I have always enjoyed non-supernatural screen maniacs utilizing the prodigious strength of their powerful bodies to kill, Slaughter House and Don't Answer The Phone being firm favourites, and Piggy's husky hatemonger is, arguably, a chunky chip off the old B-Slasher block. For me, the true mark of a quality horror film is whether I would happily watch it again, and I believe 'Piggy' would prove no less enthralling the second time around, since there is so much more to her than meets the sty!