Director: James Ian Mair
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Trying to move on in her life, a woman looking to return to her hometown while hoping to get past her abusive partner becomes stranded in a section of the woods patrolled by a vicious masked serial killer murdering anyone in his path and must try to find a way of escaping.
Review:
Overall, this was a rather fun indie effort. That we're given just enough of a motive for what's going on here regarding the rampaging killer's release from the protective care and treatment of the facility where he catches the attention of the woman trying to get out of the abusive relationship while rampaging through the community is good enough for this kind of film. It not only generates enough of a backstory about his troubled past leading into being a serial killer while also giving us just a glimpse of the girl's past that puts her in the area to come across the killer which is all admittedly simplified and obvious for this type of film but is workable enough in this type of feature.
This provides the launching pad for a solid slew of effective better-than-expected stalking scenes. Ramping up the body count with a series of random encounters with nameless individuals in the best indie-ambush tradition, there's some decent enough work here featuring the killer strike throughout the woods and surrounding areas. Managing to mix in traditional stalking scenes even with it favoring the ambush approach here as it continually brings in new victims, the main factor against this fun indie approach is the lack of gore. As most kills are undone by splashing blood on adjacent surfaces or obscured with camera angles, this is all underlining the low-budget issue elsewhere here for the other big detriment.
Overview: **.5/5
A solid enough indie slasher with all the expected issues found here, there's enough to like here for this kind of low-budget indie style of genre fare that it does overcome those expected drawbacks. Those who enjoy this kind of feature or are a fan of the creative crew will have the most to like here while most others who are turned off by these features should heed caution.
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