The basic idea of this movie, or so it would have you believe at first, is that a girl- Stephanie, is mourning the death of her boyfriend David. Announced via radio newscast is that David committed suicide by stabbing himself 37 times and removing his own eyeballs...then announces no foul play suspected.
Stephanie's friend Sarah comes by and you think the two are going to investigate this death since David seemed obsessed with a streaming video of a dead guy in a coffin. Fair enough premise...
This is not what you get. This movie quickly descends into a hodgepodge of creepy scenes, repeated one after another with little or no context to give the viewer and idea of why it is happening...we go from David appearing bloody and attacking Stephanie to Sarah freaking out and running to the bathroom only to have her ring the doorbell and replay the scene we watched earlier when Sarah first arrived. This descends further into someone walking endlessly through a forest, then abandoned house etc etc etc...the scenes themselves are nice and creepy and accompanied with music and sounds that accentuate the tone. The problem is The director continuously moves from one creepy scene to the next with no context and no real plot. It becomes scene after scene of Stephanie experiencing weird stuff.
This movie is close to being something good. As is, it could have been done in 20 minutes especially considering the last 15 of the run time is the stream of the old man in a coffin, which is what David was supposed to be watching. If the writer and director could have strung a little substance and context and created an actual plot, coupled with the directors keen eye towards building creepy tension, I think this could have been a very good low budget horror movie. But instead, they focused on scene after scene of unexplained events that, after 30 minutes had me checking to see how much time I had left. At least you know you can skip the last 15 minutes.
Stephanie's friend Sarah comes by and you think the two are going to investigate this death since David seemed obsessed with a streaming video of a dead guy in a coffin. Fair enough premise...
This is not what you get. This movie quickly descends into a hodgepodge of creepy scenes, repeated one after another with little or no context to give the viewer and idea of why it is happening...we go from David appearing bloody and attacking Stephanie to Sarah freaking out and running to the bathroom only to have her ring the doorbell and replay the scene we watched earlier when Sarah first arrived. This descends further into someone walking endlessly through a forest, then abandoned house etc etc etc...the scenes themselves are nice and creepy and accompanied with music and sounds that accentuate the tone. The problem is The director continuously moves from one creepy scene to the next with no context and no real plot. It becomes scene after scene of Stephanie experiencing weird stuff.
This movie is close to being something good. As is, it could have been done in 20 minutes especially considering the last 15 of the run time is the stream of the old man in a coffin, which is what David was supposed to be watching. If the writer and director could have strung a little substance and context and created an actual plot, coupled with the directors keen eye towards building creepy tension, I think this could have been a very good low budget horror movie. But instead, they focused on scene after scene of unexplained events that, after 30 minutes had me checking to see how much time I had left. At least you know you can skip the last 15 minutes.
