In the middle of a cold, dark, rainy night, a lonely man, living an isolated life in a trailer park, gives shelter to a woman who knocks at his door.
This new Australian horror gets an enormous amount of tension and atmosphere out of what is essentially a two-person story, set entirely in a mobile home. The camerawork is very high quality, wringing as much mood and texture out of the set's limited space as is possible, and the dialogue between the two leads is nuanced and constantly shifting, piquing one's attention and curiosity throughout. Brendan Rock, as the creepy man with the big, sad eyes, puts in a tremendous performance that will stay with you a long time.
The last third of the film is weaker, and more predictable, once the reveal happens, and it becomes kinda what you expected the film to be all along, which is a disappointment. And the final conclusion is not clear enough to satisfy the investment in the story: have we been watching some kind of purgatory all this time? Are these ghosts? Is any of this real?
If the filmmakers had come up with a great and unexpected ending, this could have been a cult film for the ages, but without a first-rate payoff, the best I can give it is a 6.66/10.
This new Australian horror gets an enormous amount of tension and atmosphere out of what is essentially a two-person story, set entirely in a mobile home. The camerawork is very high quality, wringing as much mood and texture out of the set's limited space as is possible, and the dialogue between the two leads is nuanced and constantly shifting, piquing one's attention and curiosity throughout. Brendan Rock, as the creepy man with the big, sad eyes, puts in a tremendous performance that will stay with you a long time.
The last third of the film is weaker, and more predictable, once the reveal happens, and it becomes kinda what you expected the film to be all along, which is a disappointment. And the final conclusion is not clear enough to satisfy the investment in the story: have we been watching some kind of purgatory all this time? Are these ghosts? Is any of this real?
If the filmmakers had come up with a great and unexpected ending, this could have been a cult film for the ages, but without a first-rate payoff, the best I can give it is a 6.66/10.