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Written by: Lee Cronin
Directed by: Lee Cronin
Starring: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies
Rated: R
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Plot
A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Verdict
It sets you up for a scare, provides something incredibly gross, and then repeats. It has a solid premise, but the gross out routine gets stale despite the mood this achieves. I didn't feel trapped in an apartment, I grew bored of the failure to escape and the similar types of scares. This forgoes any kind of story for scare after scare.
Skip it.
Review
The first few second in the opening scene reference the original Evil Dead movies with a cabin and lake. Then this wastes no time getting right into creepy as we get a non sequitor scene to gives us a feel for this movie before cutting to the movie proper.
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| Gabrielle Echols, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies play Bridget, Beth, Danny |
This does a great job of creating a horror mood. Someone possessed attacks a family and the makeup and effects look unnerving. It's also effective at not showing you everything. Many scenes make you wonder what's happening off screen, driving your anticipation and expectation. The movie continually builds and then pays off. A lot of this is gross and shocking, and with each scene it gets grosser.
This is an effective horror movie in the vein of the originals with a believable premise, but it is gross. The scares start to feel repetitive as the protagonists are trapped in an apartment during the movie. It feels like one thing after another on repeat.
This does a good job of setting up a scare and then you're unsettled in the reveal. Some of this is beyond unsettling, body horror that you can't help but look away because it looks so painful, so visceral. This formula does get tired towards the end, though I like a break where the demon tries psychology to trick and bully the trapped characters.
The setup is sound, but that's the extent of the story. After the introduction it's all scares, and I wish more happened to push the story forward. The lack of story makes the scares repetitive instead of claustrophobic. The characters continually fail to escape. The story has a definitive conclusion, and it certainly has captured the spirit of the originals but I wanted more to happen.
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