![]() ![]() There are also elements of “torture” films such as Hostel and Saw. The nature of this sort of “home invasion” story has been seen before, in films like The Strangers or A Clockwork Orange. The three main characters all enter it, and all the events play out in one room or another. The entire story takes place inside this home. He doesn’t appear to have an IMDB listing other than this film, but he’s a talent to watch. Critters the Cat, played by a lovely Tabby named Lancelot. She was the animal trainer for the film Being John Malkovich. And the mother-in-law with no name, represented in the film by way of answer machine messages, is voiced by Barbara Gordon. There are a few “fly by” characters, such as the neighborhood secuirty gaurd played by Marty Adams, who had a small role in Repo:The Genetic Opera. And our particularly creepy up-to-no-good home invader is played by Shaun Benson, notably appearing in K-19:The Widowmaker with Harrison Ford.Īnd it gets stranger than that. His wife is played by Meghan Heffern, an alumni of the American Pie film series. The husband Frank is played by Adam MacDonald, who played rocknroll bass player Rick Savage in “Hysteria:The Def Leppard Story”. But they have very interesting pedigrees. This is a focused character study, and there are only three actors on screen. The effects are not over the top, or unrealistic. The effects team, James Sled & Seth Rossman (A Little Bit Zombie), Olivier Afonso (Goal of the Dead), and Ginger Martini (I love your name, hon…never change it) really brought their best to this gig. I can appreciate good looking screen blood. The gore moments are few and far between, but very well executed. Not a lot, which is ok because it is used wisely. I also appreciated the special effects, what there was of them. His listings were mainly French language productions that I have no familiarity with, but that I may check out to see more of his work. When it needed to be open, it was big as all outdoors. When it was close, it was truly claustrophobic. It just seemed very organic and natural, not bright or glaring in the corners. The set was lit in a way that it looked like the lighting of a real home. ![]() The lighting…the angles…it was all very “real” feeling. The cinematographer, Nicolas Massart, really shot a visually stunning film. So what did I like about it? Mainly, the things I enjoyed are technical in nature. If you have the stamina to sit through this thing, I don’t want it ruined for you. ![]() I can’t say much more than that without giving away the plot twists and surprises in the story. Can’t put my finger on it, but something is definately wrong here.Įventually the family who actually live in the house come home and well…yea, he’s totally up to no good. Maybe it’s the fact that the camera refuses to show his face, or it could be the latex gloves on his hands, or maybe the “abduction kit” black bags he carries in with him. This weird guy walks in and right away you know he’s up to no good. A typical rural home, in some outlying, isolated province. There are a lot of good things I can say about it…and I will…but I digress… Ok well, I would like to begin by saying that I didn’t HATE this film. A young married couple comes home from a date night to discover that they are imprisoned in their own house with a methodical killer inside.
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