Réalisation:
Brad BaruhPhotographie:
Kenton Drew JohnsonMusique:
Joseph BisharaActeurs·trices:
Elise Luthman, Brea Grant, Barbara Crampton, Daniel Roebuck, Alison Haislip, Joy Osmanski, Chase Williamson, Sophie Dalah, AJ Bowen, Alexander Ward (plus)Résumés(1)
The Pollack family is ready for vacation. Jason has just graduated, Jessica is bringing her friend Becky, and James and Casey are both trying to take their minds off James' inoperable liver cancer. James is skeptical but Casey is futilely hoping that a weekend at her friend Mika's cabin that happens to be built on a deposit of iron oxide will cure him or at least help him feel better. Everything seems normal, the cabin is rustic but nice, Jessica and Jason snipe at each other like most siblings and James' awkward dad humor keeps the mood light. But their weekend away takes an odd turn when James finds a woman passed out in the woods near the cabin. After bringing her inside, Casey leaves to find better reception and call an ambulance. While she's gone, the mysterious woman's behavior sets the rest of the Pollacks on edge. When Casey returns, things get too strange and the Pollacks reach the limits of their hospitality. But the woman isn't ready to leave, and the family's relaxing weekend away is about to turn deadly. (Fantastic Fest)
(plus)Critiques (1)
An utterly tragic monstrosity! And I was quite confident: decent preliminary responses in Rotten Tomatoes, Barbara Crampton and AJ Bowen (two of my favourites in indie horror), the attractive setting of an abandoned cabin in the mountains. Even the first scene gave me hope for a well made simple forest slasher flick with some kind of weird mutants, but what follows is incredible. Absolute chaos, where everything is mixed up, and never well. Baruh’s method is limited to the constant use of a leading score (there’s always something playing!) and slow motion shots. Nothing in this films works the way the author intended; I haven’t seen such directorial impotence in a long time. And on top of all that, it is really stupid. I wouldn’t mind that in a slasher flick if it didn’t try to be God knows what. I burst out laughing in the last scene before the end credits, when it appeared that the creators wanted to squeeze some political connotation.
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