Director: Cameron Beyl
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural
Plot:
Living alone in a remote house, a retired priest finds his solitude shattered when a frightened Amish woman arrives claiming to need saving from someone following her, and after taking her in and trying to help her is stuck in a bizarre supernatural time loop affecting both of them in strange ways.
Review:
This was a fairly engrossing if somewhat underwhelming genre mystery. One of the better features here is the strong and highly effective mystery that sets everything in motion which is a fairly fun way to start this one up. The series of events that take place here, from the original encounter with the woman along the direct road, his later hallucination of her standing outside his house, and the sequence of him encountering strange lights or noises around the house while trying to get to bed while all beset in an unusual green glow from the cosmic event taking place serve this one incredibly well at generating an unearthly situation. When she finally arrives and their situation escalates the longer they stay together which includes several big interactions that hint at something sinister between them, it gives the final half some life and provides some likable factors throughout here.
There are some drawbacks to this one that hold it back. The main detriment here is the lack of tempo to everything which drags on interminably despite barely cracking over an hour in length. Mostly consisting of the two of them in the house discussing all manner of trivialities between their two cultures while trying to deal with the situation at hand, this one just drains the pace down to a lethargic crawl; it all comes at the expense of providing any kind of genuine genre fare throughout. During what should be a build-up to something dark and ominous about her presence or the strange eerie glow that permeates the rest of the film is instead taken up by meaningless conversation pieces which leaves this one decidedly lacking and sluggish for far too long. The ending makes little sense despite the intriguing idea behind it and really undermines this one, leaving it with some big issues to overcome.
Overview: **/5
A decent enough supernatural mystery more than a genre effort, this one comes off well enough for what it is although its detriments might be more impactful than most would like. Those who are fine with its presentation and curious about it will have the most to like here while most others expecting more of a straightforward genre feature should heed extreme caution with this one.
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