Director: Ursula Dabrowsky
Year: 2014
Country: Australia
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
After being kidnapped from her home, a woman goes on the run while attempting to get to safety and eventually finds a remote shack in the woods to hide out in, only to realize the house is the hideout for the couple who kidnapped her and are hiding a deadly secret inside that puts her in danger.
Review:
This was a disappointing and somewhat underwhelming genre effort. The main positive point with this one is the incredibly effective series of setpieces found in the final half which put the majority of the scenes until then into fine form. Following up the abduction ploy and the realization that she’s been kidnapped, the whole setup brings this into fine reasoning to get her into the house with her wounds so that the second half unfolds with her stuck in the closet waiting for help while avoiding capture. It all works nicely into the later half where the series of supernatural events and activities get brought about in the form of revenge against the kidnappers which gets a series of thrilling visuals to help paint the idea of everything clearly. It’s where this one turns the closest into being a genuine genre feature and has some wild action to come about as a result.
However, the fact that this one doesn’t have much else going for it is due to the structure of this one feeling like a short film stretched out to a feature-length adaptation. Way too much of the film is reliant on watching her bleeding out while hiding in the closet trying not to make noise as the couple are sitting around in the room next to it. This is a creepy enough idea in theory that helps to enhance and explain her situation but it just runs on way too long for its own good and starts feeling repetitive after a while which tends to stretch this out far more than it should. The other issue here is that this all comes about through a slew of rather obvious decision-making that highlights how moronic the whole experience is not pressing the advantage to get out alive, taking every opportunity to keep herself in danger, or failing to recognize the obvious to keep the film going, all of which combine to bring this down.
Overview: */5
An intriguing if overall flawed thriller effort, there’s enough to like that keeps it watchable while still getting more issues that hold it down in the end which are which bring this down. Those who are intrigued by this style or are curious about it will have the most to like here while most others out there should heed caution.
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