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Agoraphobia
USA 2015
produced by Tara Cardinal, Lou Simon, Robert Beans (executive), Sumedha Dabas (executive), Dev Dabas (executive), Andrew Feldman (executive), Haydee Simon (executive), Haydee Diaz (executive), Fabienne Varela (executive) for White Lotus Productions, Reel Heroine
directed by Lou Simon
starring Cassie Scerbo, Adam Brudnicki, Tony Todd, Maria Olsen, Aniela McCuinness, Julie Kendall, Gema Calero, Roberto Escobar, Mario Temes, Mario Nalini, Harry Marsh
written by Lou Simon, music by Michael Damon, special effects by Rene Quesada
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Faye (Cassie Scerbo) has been suffering from agoraphobia for years, and
eventually her trusted psychiatrist, Dr Murphy (Tony Todd), thinks it best
to move her into her childhood home she has only recently inherited from
her deceased father. Dr Murphy thinks this home in the rather idyllic
countryside will help her overcome her fear and finally go outside much
more than her condo in the city would - and her husband Tom (Adam
Brudnicki) and her best friend Stephanie (Aniela McGuinness) totally agree
to this. Thing is, things do not get better, they get worse, as Faye
develops some sort of paranoia, fearing that there's someone or something
in the house - something quite different from her agoraphobia, the
symptoms of which she has long grown familiar to. Doc Murphy can't help
her but prescribe her new medication every other day, with the effect that
she loses her trust in him ... and then Nina (Gema Calero), the woman
supposed to take care of Faye, dies in a freak accident, and the ring of
Faye's mother is found with her - and since Faye's mother has disappeared
under mysterious circumstances, Faye now thinks the house is haunted by
her mother's ghost ... but nobody believes her - well, nobody but her aunt
(Maria Olsen), but she likes vodka a bit too much to be taken seriously,
and is too much of a pushover as well. So eventually, steps are taken to
put Faye into a mental institution ... but there definitely is something
in the house determined to meddle with the best-laid plans ... Julie
Kendall plays Faye's father's almost-second wife who tries to claim her
inheritance. Agoraphobia is an extremely well-made
little piece of suspense/horror cinema: True, the story as such has been
told before, but it's presented in a very original way that keeps one
guessing to the end, it finds a good balance between suspense and sudden
shocks to exploit both to full effect, it makes the most of its very
limited locations, and the cast is uniformly delivering top-notch
performances. Definitely worth your while!
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