Director: Brendan Steere
Year: 2014
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
Heading out to a cabin house in the woods, a married couple looking for some quiet while she scores a new horror movie but as she begins to be disturbed by the neighbor who starts them off on a crazy journey involving the true nature of the trip and how they came to be subjected in a deadly experiment.
Review:
This was a pretty decent genre effort. Among the more enjoyable features here is the generally fun setup that comes to show their slow-burgeoning psychosis. The series of strange encounters with their neighbor that shows something is off with him, the even stranger scene with the kid who breaks into the house, and the later scene where she encounters him again in the woods not only creates the kind of atmospheric touches that the area isn’t right but also generate the kind of fine action that keeps the suspense going with the unexplained reasoning behind the actions. This all gives the film a generally uneasy tone that builds up rather nicely.
That comes off even further in the creepy action throughout the finale which has quite a lot to like. Realizing that the events in question have affected her and those around her, the eventual snap and escalation of violence against those that invade the cabin features some fun, brutal action with the way she attacks and overcomes everyone. The way they fight back which runs concurrently to the series of reanimation or resurrection tactics that come about are hard-hitting and brutal enough to have quite a lot to like, not only keeping the activity high while also featuring solid indie-style graphic violence. These here are enough to give this some likable qualities.
There are some rather big flaws to be found here. The biggest issue with this one is the utterly confusing and disjointed storyline that never once makes sense. After discovering what her husband has done and how he’s involved in this strange experiment, the fact that they carry on their relationship as normal is completely baffling, much like their secret project in the first place. The constantly reappearing and dying characters is immensely confusing and hard to keep track of what’s going on, especially with the lack of clarity in the instructions given which seems to consist of body-swapping of some kind yet doesn’t make sense despite an unnecessarily overlong running time more focused on this than explaining what’s going on. On top of some limitations that emerge from the low budget on display, these lower this one quite a bit.
Overview: **.5/5
The utterly confusing and nonsensical storyline aside, this one is fun enough with a suspenseful tone and enough action to make for a generally enjoyable indie effort. Give it a look if you’re a fan of indie genre fare, looking for something in this style, or fans of the creative crew while those who are turned off by the flaws or style featured here should heed caution.
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