Director: Michael Crum
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
Following a devastating tragedy, a teen moves with her family to a new town to start over and meets up with several locals who are into cryptids and the paranormal who are aware of her past, but when they inadvertently summon the same creatures from her past they must stop it together.
Review:
This was a fairly fun and likable indie effort. One of the better features of this one is the way it brings about a fairly intriguing setup that works nicely with the type of small-scale indie production offered. The first half here details not just the accident with her friend while trying to partake in an urban legend which triggers the demonic spirits that kill her and provides the reasoning for the family to keep moving putting her in the new town with the other locals and gives everything a strong start here. The discovery of what’s going on when they introduce the running bits about the missing townspeople and how their suspicions about the creature being responsible is a solid follow-up keeping this one interesting enough wraparound storyline that’s intriguing enough to be worthwhile.
That sets the film into a solid series of encounters with specific creatures where everything gets quite exciting and enjoyable. Having started off nicely with the first few encounters featured here allowing their friendship to develop quite well, the exploits of the summoning attempts takes place within the house where they experience a solid series of hauntings and supernatural confrontations inside the darkened house to play up the atmosphere. As it leads into some emotionally-charged sequences for the big battle against the creatures, the high-stakes sequences, creepy darkened locations, and thrilling action in the other world inhabited by the creatures all come together for a solid and worthwhile finish to have a lot to like here.
There are some drawbacks here that hold this one back. The main factor here is the somewhat sluggish pacing that goes for quite a while before anything happens. Setting up the first half which is all about her arriving in town following the first encounter with the viral craze, the group coming together for their shared interest in exploring the paranormal and taking care of the remaining aspects of the family life around town makes this go by without much in the way of action. That this comes at the expense of providing much information on what the titular creatures in the wall really are is another big hint about the sluggish girts half where it doesn’t have the chance to dive deep into the backstop of what’s going on. None of these are damaging and detrimental but just hold it back slightly.
Overview: ****/5
A really fun lighter-style genre effort, this one comes across incredibly well and has a lot to like about it even though there are a few issues features throughout here. Those who are fine with this style of indie fare or are generally curious about it will have a lot to like here while most others out there turned off by these factors should heed caution.
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