Alleluia

Real-life "Lonely Hearts Killers" Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez have inspired many films, most notably 1969's The Honeymoon Killers and Deep Crimson (1996). In the second searing opus in his Ardennes trilogy, which started with Calvaire, Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz piles on the dazzling style in a quirky update full of disturbing obsession, hypnotic eeriness and stylish voyeurism. An internet dating con artist (Laurent Lucas) meets his murderous match when he hooks up with a damaged morgue attendant (Lola Dueñas) and she falls hopelessly in love with him. Together they pose as siblings to prey on lonely women, until her intense sexual jealousy threatens their lucrative operation. This arresting chiller alternates between tension-filled, gritty drama, mordant Sweeney Todd imagery (complete with plaintive song prelude to dismemberment!) and trippy shock horror, while the two leads captivate as the besotted psychotic duo in a nightmarish odyssey that's offbeat right up to its enigmatic conclusion.