If director Justin Wurzel was trying to make a movie that could be described as bleak, grim, depressing and dreary, he certainly succeeded. He also made a movie which could be described as dull, boring and tedious.
This film stretches out for nearly two hours and in that time there was no hint of a narrative nor of any fully developed characters, good or bad.
It looks as if the filmmaker was striving to create an art-film depiction of a suburban wasteland where anonymous faces are interchangeable and no one really matters; people drift in and out with no real purpose to their lives and are unable to see any purpose in anyone else's, and when neighbours start disappearing and there are whispers about what is happening, no one says or does anything to stop it.
It was in this environment that a group of dead-eyed wraiths lead by a Manson-esque psychopath, John Bunting, murdered twelve people over seven years and the scariest thing about this film is that it all really happened and was allowed to happen.
All of this should make for fascinating viewing. Unfortunately this film is so focused on tone, boring things like plot and character have been neglected. It's a series of events in dull lighting that may or may not correspond with each other. The who, what and why's of the actual events are never revealed.
Where did Bunting come from? Why were the others so in awe of him as to do his evil bidding? Who *were* the others? Who were the victims? How did all these people know each other? How were they caught? Who knows. I couldn't keep up.
Watch it if you want to throw away two hours of your life. Don't watch it if you don't (or if you love dogs).
This film stretches out for nearly two hours and in that time there was no hint of a narrative nor of any fully developed characters, good or bad.
It looks as if the filmmaker was striving to create an art-film depiction of a suburban wasteland where anonymous faces are interchangeable and no one really matters; people drift in and out with no real purpose to their lives and are unable to see any purpose in anyone else's, and when neighbours start disappearing and there are whispers about what is happening, no one says or does anything to stop it.
It was in this environment that a group of dead-eyed wraiths lead by a Manson-esque psychopath, John Bunting, murdered twelve people over seven years and the scariest thing about this film is that it all really happened and was allowed to happen.
All of this should make for fascinating viewing. Unfortunately this film is so focused on tone, boring things like plot and character have been neglected. It's a series of events in dull lighting that may or may not correspond with each other. The who, what and why's of the actual events are never revealed.
Where did Bunting come from? Why were the others so in awe of him as to do his evil bidding? Who *were* the others? Who were the victims? How did all these people know each other? How were they caught? Who knows. I couldn't keep up.
Watch it if you want to throw away two hours of your life. Don't watch it if you don't (or if you love dogs).