Saw this film at the International Horror & Sci-Fi Festival in Tempe, Arizona over the weekend. This film is about an angry Nurse Ratched-like psychiatrist in which she and her husband and younger sister are taken hostage at gunpoint at their winter cottage by one of her former patients in which he accuses her of conducting unethical experiments on him. The family is put through physical and psychological abuse by the captor and his young inferior follower. However, not everything is as it seems ...
The film follows the tradition of Roman Polanski psychological horror. It is also an indictment against corrupt professionals in the mental health field, as the psychiatrist is not a sympathetic character, which led this viewer to take sides with the hostage takers. Since the former patient is clearly the real victim here, it was impossible to feel any empathy for both the psychiatrist and her family.
The performances, especially by Aiden Devine as the patient, were excellent, however don't see this film with the expectation that you'll be rooting for the good guys.
The film follows the tradition of Roman Polanski psychological horror. It is also an indictment against corrupt professionals in the mental health field, as the psychiatrist is not a sympathetic character, which led this viewer to take sides with the hostage takers. Since the former patient is clearly the real victim here, it was impossible to feel any empathy for both the psychiatrist and her family.
The performances, especially by Aiden Devine as the patient, were excellent, however don't see this film with the expectation that you'll be rooting for the good guys.