Jennifer (Jackie Kelly) is home alone, mourning the loss of her child and worried about a recent series of home invasions. Then the door rings and brings Jeff (Clayton Bury) into her life. Jennifer seemingly makes the worst mistakes, like letting Jeff into her home, telling him that she's there alone and revealing way too much about her life. But just like The Strangers, Jeff is not alone. There are two other intruders (Carlie Lawrence and Richard Louis Ulrich).
Director and writer Paul Hibbard mentioned on Letterboxd that this is going to become a feature, so I don't want to ruin what happens for anyone. I've seen some say that it's Funny Games if Brian De Palma directed it. And that's close -- the split-screens and super quick jump edits that hammer home the reveal do that pretty well -- but this film feels like even more than that. I thought that once one of the masks from The Purge showed up that this was going to just be all the basics of home invasion and modern horror played out in a shorter film, but then I realized by the end that Some Visitors was using everything that I expected against me and when it happens, when you get it, it's jaw dropping. So well done.
Director and writer Paul Hibbard mentioned on Letterboxd that this is going to become a feature, so I don't want to ruin what happens for anyone. I've seen some say that it's Funny Games if Brian De Palma directed it. And that's close -- the split-screens and super quick jump edits that hammer home the reveal do that pretty well -- but this film feels like even more than that. I thought that once one of the masks from The Purge showed up that this was going to just be all the basics of home invasion and modern horror played out in a shorter film, but then I realized by the end that Some Visitors was using everything that I expected against me and when it happens, when you get it, it's jaw dropping. So well done.
