'The Virgin of the Quarry Lake' Review: Magical Realism Combines With Horror in Coming-of-Age Tale
There’s something special about a film that balances its elements just right to accomplish magic realism. Unfortunately,Laura Casabé’sThe Virgin of the Quarry Lakemisses that balance. At moments, thehorrorfilm feels like it’s trying to dabble in the surreal and the fantastical before it melts back into the skin of a tense teen drama. Set in 2001,The Virgin of the Quarry Laketurns acoming-of-age storyinto a supernatural tale of violence, butit’s the muddying of genres that ultimately makes the film fall short of the massive potential it has....