Starts off as an interesting sort of claustrophobic thriller, before some lazy twists and a clear lack of budget lead to an incredibly weak an incongruous ending.
I started off picking up a sort of southern gothic vibe with some Persephone & Hades allusions. As the movie went on, it sort of meandered it's way to a sudden change in scenery about 2/3 the way through, then through some TV exposition and background dialogue we sort of stumble into a lame and thematically inconsistent ending that kinda tries to make a point about something, but it's entirely unlike what the rest of the movie had on it's mind. On top of that, there are several scenes that look like they were clearly shot in a day with only a few takes, with poor angles/framing and which show characters that were never introduced before.
All in all, it seems like there was a clear vision (and an interesting one at that!) that was severely hampered by either a bad ending in the script, a low budget, or compressed shooting schedule.
It's a shame because there's some decent performances(though very heightened, they're interesting) and set design in the first 1/2, but the slap-dash last 1/3 and the incongruous ending make this hardly worth the time.
I started off picking up a sort of southern gothic vibe with some Persephone & Hades allusions. As the movie went on, it sort of meandered it's way to a sudden change in scenery about 2/3 the way through, then through some TV exposition and background dialogue we sort of stumble into a lame and thematically inconsistent ending that kinda tries to make a point about something, but it's entirely unlike what the rest of the movie had on it's mind. On top of that, there are several scenes that look like they were clearly shot in a day with only a few takes, with poor angles/framing and which show characters that were never introduced before.
All in all, it seems like there was a clear vision (and an interesting one at that!) that was severely hampered by either a bad ending in the script, a low budget, or compressed shooting schedule.
It's a shame because there's some decent performances(though very heightened, they're interesting) and set design in the first 1/2, but the slap-dash last 1/3 and the incongruous ending make this hardly worth the time.