Director: Alice Maio Mackay
Year: 2024
Country: Australia
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
After the death of their friend, a couple decides to investigate the rumors of a series of demonic possession rituals being conducted by a strange cult that is at the center of what supposedly killed him and must race across the country to stop the cult’s plans from coming to fruition.
Review:
This was a massively fun and enjoyable genre effort. One of the more enjoyable factors with this comes from the wild and rather fun setup that brings about plenty of genuinely cheesy fun. The idea of the friends deciding to go about on their trip to look into the true nature of their friends’ death that no one wants to solve and finding the rumors about the cause being done by a demonic cult looking to summon the creatures to fix the people in their condition as a means of solving perceived mental issues offers a great time here. The central premise of the cult’s presence and what they’re attempting to offer makes for a great time here with the whole purpose of offering a fantastic commentary on the nature of individuality and expression that comes about due to the incredibly sympathetic portrayal that comes about as everything gets connected rather nicely.
What helps bring this along is the series of frantic encounters with everyone as they undertake the trip to look into the cult the more they uncover about the death. Realizing the cult is responsible for bringing about demons with the hope of riding people of their supposed mental disease, the confrontations here taking place in public locations or secluded hotel rooms offer the kind of likable setups that are full of impressive practical effects for this kind of budget as the make-up work to denote the kind of physical transformations taking place. The comedic interludes with the drag performances are a great way to add some levity to the proceedings while also continuing to tackle the sense of family that runs wild in this one, making its low-budget limitations the lone real flaw to this one.
Overview: ****/5
An immensely fun genre effort with not much really wrong with it, this one manages quite a lot to like with plenty of fun elements while only being let down by a few minor drawbacks. Those who prefer this kind of genre fare or are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here while only those who are turned off by these factors present will want to heed caution.
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