Come In
USA 2019
produced by Garrett Johnson, Larry Emert (executive), Matt Emert (executive), Phyllis Emert (executive), Darlene Murdock (executive), Jamie Murdock (executive), Tim Murdock (executive)
directed by Matt Emert
starring Tim Murdock, Fernando Rivera, Matt Emert, Kaila Hill, Greg Wolf, Aaron Marcotte
story by Matt Emert, Matt Emert, screenplay by Tim Murdock, music by Maximilian Rubell
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review by Mike Haberfelner
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Austin (Matt Emert) is nothing if not terribly excited: He's got a sex
date with an absolute stranger, and doesn't even know what his face looks
like. His friend Curtis (Tim Murdock) is dead-set against this, after all
not knowing one's partner before agreeing to have sex bears its risks -
but his other friend Jake (Fernando Rivera) encourages Austin, knowing how
much he's into anonymous sex. Austin arrives at the place given by the
stranger, and is a bit surprised it's abandoned, with all furniture
covered with white cloth. And there's no trace of the stranger, either ...
at least not to his knowledge, the audience knows by now he's sneaking
after Austin, wearing a creepy mask, waiting for the right time to strike
- which comes as Austin is about to leave ... A couple of hours later,
without any text or call from Austin, Curtis and Jake stop by the address
of Austin's blind date. Jake insists going in alone first - and after a
while Curtis grows nervous because he isn't coming out again. When he
finally does enter the building, he stumbles over Austin's corpse. Then
Jake enters the room, deeply disturbed and apparently injured - but
there's more to the story than meets the eye ... Simmering the
formula down to a mere 15 minutes, Come In is an effective and
well-made slasher. Sure, it doesn't have anything new to offer to the
genre, but at least it does what it does with much style, a sure hand for
suspense, and a good twist in the end. So if you're a slasher fan, you'll
for sure be well entertained.
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