Woodland Grey
Director – Adam Reider
Writers – Adam Reider, Jesse Toufexis
2021, Canada
Stars – Jenny Raven, Ryan Blakely, Art
Hindle
Deep in the woods, an isolated man stumbles across an
annoying woman (she can’t even say “Sorry!” without being aggravating) who
wakes to discover that she has wondered into a horror scenario. The girl locked
in the shed is the least of it.
About halfway in, William (Ryan Blakely, nicely unhinged and distressed) starts to say things that make the whole story open up – things like how he wasn’t even sure if she was real; or how he doesn’t even know how to lay traps. This mystery is the most gripping stuff, as the interaction and dialogue of this partnership gets increasingly interesting, even as it feels the need for flashbacks. The pace and tone may be inconsistent at times, and it may be too inconclusive for some (think ‘Koko-Di, Koko-Da’) but the aim for a kind of folk horror about grieving and being trapped in the inexplicable wins through.
No comments:
Post a Comment