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The 6th Friend
USA 2016
produced by Chantelle Albers, Jamie Bernadette, Lyle Albers (executive), Jim Towns (co), Benjamin Goalabré (co) for Sommer Leigh Studios
directed by Letia Clouston
starring Jamie Bernadette, Chantelle Albers, Dominique Swain, Jessica Morris, Tania Nolan, Monique Rosario, David Villada, Tina Cole, Jack Cullison, Matt Clouston, Brett Easton, Benjamin Adamson, George Capacete, Chance Hurst, Michael Lehrman, Jason Guifarro, Michael Garber
story by Jamie Bernadette, screenplay by Jamie Bernadette, Letia Clouston, music by Holly Amber Church
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Five years ago, Joey (Jamie Bernadette), Melissa (Chantelle Albers),
Heather (Dominique Swain), Katie (Jessica Morris), Sahara (Tania Nolan)
and Becca (Monique Rosario) all attended a party that got somewhat (well,
very much so) out of hands when another guest, Tyler (David Villada) tried
to rape Katie, but the other girls, very high on drugs, grabbed
kitchen knives and stabbed the assailant multiple times, pretty much
slaughtered him in the process.
Since then, all the girls tried to cope with the situation differently,
and Joey for one found it best to cut ties with all the others - but now,
Melissa sees it best for them all to re-unite in her parents' cabin in the
woods, away from everyone. And really, while her motives might have been
benign, it just doesn't work out that well, the girls just don't gel
anymore as they used to, the experience has weighed heavily on them all,
and of course their lives have taken different paths. But then they find
out they have all "seen" Tyler in recent weeks, as if he (who's
very dead) was out there trying to have his revenge. Naturally, this
causes even more tension, so much so that Katie decides to leave
eventually ... but half an hour later she's back, dying with a handful of
knives in her back. So it seems that Tyler indeed is back, and with a
vengeance. And of course this doesn't make any sense, as the last time
they've checked he was very very dead - and yet the girls start falling
like flies ...
The 6th Friend is a pretty clever horror flick that for a time
more or less pretends to be your typical slasher flick, but pretty much
from the beginning on it gives one the feeling that something's wrong -
but what (and how much) exactly is wrong is revealed only in the finale
that turns quite a few things onto their heads - and thanks to a cleverly
written screenplay that in all the horror even finds space for social
commentary, a solid directorial effort that leaves actors and story enough
time to breathe, and a strong ensemble cast led by the incredible Jamie
Bernadette, this turns out to be a very cool piece of genre entertainment!
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