Director: Christopher Leto
Year: 2026
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Desperate to see her friends, a woman invites them along to a remote house-sitting job she has at a friend’s large, remote mansion for the weekend to help them get along, but when they begin to suspect something is wrong with the house must try to get away from the masked killer stalking them.
Review:
Overall, this was a disappointing enough effort with some likable factors going for it. The central premise of this one, focusing on the woman bringing her friends together with her to a housesitting gig and trying to get them to get along and be on friendlier terms with each other while slowly becoming aware that something isn’t right about the house itself, serves as a potentially intriguing idea that could’ve provided the film with a strong opening point. While there’s some fun to be had with the group hanging out together and becoming better friends like the plan was all along, this one doesn’t pick up until the finale when the whole purpose of the trip is revealed. Featuring some impressive stalking scenes of the masked killer picking them off one by one, a couple of solid twists about what’s going on, and a darker ending than what had been presented earlier, it all provides some of the more likable factors with this one.
There are some issues here that bring this one down. The main drawback is the glacial pacing that takes place here, rendering a lot of the film quite dull and difficult to get through. Far too much of the running time is spent on the couple hanging out, trying to make plans for what to do at the house, and slowly coming to discover that there’s something wrong with the house, but hardly any of it comes in the form of solid genre action, as it never drops into those qualities. There’s no hint of the killer here until late in the film, and it doesn’t have much of a body count to provide, based on the twist revealed here, with all this time spent elsewhere, so everything is so draining on getting to the action that takes place at the end. Combined with the obvious low-budget limitations here, that includes the one-location setup and no real gore in the few kills present, these all come together to lower this one.
Overview: **.5/5
A somewhat disappointing indie slasher with some issues, this one is intriguing enough at points to be quite watchable while having enough issues to be enough that hold this down. Those with an interest in this style of genre fare or who aren’t bothered by the issues here will have a lot to like, while most others out there should heed caution.
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