Imagine a serial rapist/killer who lures women out of their homes by playing crying baby noises on a phone placed somewhere outside their property. That is an immediately hair raising idea and is the premise of Colton Tran's Sorry Charlie, a terrifying suspense shocker that gets the job done in a swift, taut runtime and has scares to spare. Help line worker Charlie (Kathleen Kenny) once escaped this monster who is known as the Gentleman, but not before he impregnated her. The legend goes if that happens, he one day will come back to claim the child and finish off the mother, so her life these days is a pretty nerve wracking experience. She's alone one night working from her home when that familiar baby crying sound emanates from outdoors on her property, meaning one thing... he's back. It's a vicious, tvery tense cat and mouse home invasion game as Charlie tries to evade and fight him while dealing with her own traumatic memories of the first encounter. The Gentleman has a striking visual look and imposing, eerily well spoken demeanour (voice actor Connor Brannigan) and seems to be lurking around every shadowed corner. There's a whopper of a twist ending too, that I for one didn't see coming but serves as a slick, ruthless mic drop at the close of the narrative that lands with cathartic aplomb. This is reportedly based on true events which only makes it even more petrifying, it's one of the most effective horror flicks I've seen this year and it's streaming now for free on Tubi.
Review of Sorry, Charlie
