At 90 minutes the film is a bit of a slog and I could see it being slightly more successful as a short film but for those demented enough to seek out a lo-fi indie feature about a clown hunt that’s chock full o’ quips like “Why don’t you eat clown meat?”, “It tastes funny” there’s some definite silliness to be had, like clown meat it’s probably an acquired taste.
After the horror-comedy of JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER I wasn’t quite anticipating the straight-up supernatural chiller that was THE SHRINE, a real Lovecraftian thriller with elements of folk-horror and one of the best exorcism films I’ve seen in awhile, really creepy stuff and a high recommend. We’ve seen what Knautz can do with the horror-comedy and now with a supernatural thriller so I can’t wait to see what’s up next.
This ones a winner, a grim, Romero-esque zombie chiller with tons of glorious gutmunching and claustrophobic thrills set in the rugged but gorgeous African terrain, a very high recommend.
While the film is seriously riffing on Wes Craven’s LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFTI must say I enjoyed this quite a bit more, it transcends it’s origins by quite a margin. Craven’s film is a shocking in-your-face experience, artless in it’s rough cinema verite style but here we have some great atmospheric shot composition and cinematography from Gabor Pogany, it’s an attractive film which is not something I think anyone would level at Craven’s film. There’s a sense of dread about this film that really settles over you, you know from the start that these girls are doomed, true to it’s American inspiration, leading up to the perpetrators chance encounter with Lisa’s mother and father, a doctor natch, whom takes uncharacteristically violent revenge upon his daughters murderers with one perverse twist.
What if you invited a serial killer on holiday? Heading off for a weekend in the country, Paige and Calvin reluctantly allow Calvin’s brash younger sister to bring along Tristan, an arrogant city trader she’s picked up in a one-night stand; but when the group learn a brutal serial killer is plaguing the area, Paige must confront the disturbing truth about Tristan.
