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Evil at the Door
USA 2022
produced by Patrick Rivera, Kipp Tribble, Kenny Yates, Richard Siegelman (executive) for Trick 6 Films, MRP Entertainment
directed by Kipp Tribble
starring Richard Siegelman, Kipp Tribble, Kenny Yates, Scott Hamm, Andrea Sweeney Blanco, Sunny Doench, Matt O'Neill, Robert Felsted jr, Robert Allen Mukes, John James, Bruce Davison
written by Kipp Tribble
review by Mike Haberfelner
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When Daniel (Matt O'Neill) finds his sister-in-law Liz (Andrea Sweeney
Blanco) with his wife Jess (Sunny Doench) at their home wanting to move in
for a "few days", he thinks that's his biggest problem, as Liz
basically is trouble, as she's usually dealing with an asshole ex or
addiction, or both, really. But then, four men (Richard Siegelman, Kipp
Tribble, Kenny Yates, Scott Hamm) break into their home, quickly overpower
Daniel, tie him to the pool table and torture him, while Jess is
blissfully unaware of things enjoying a nice hot bath, and Liz, having
witnessed everything, has had the good sense to hide under a bed, but with
her cellphone signal being jammed, she has to helplessly witness as the
four home invaders wait for Jess to come out of the bathroom and prepare
to kill her ... But why is this happening, and why exactly Daniel and
Jess's place? In the fact the place was very randomly picked by a
"guild" called the Locusts, who once a year have a home invasion
night where the guild members are allowed three hours of fun with the
inhabitants of whatever house, as long as they kill them in the end ... A
very cool variation on the home invasion genre, as the film after set-up
grardually shifts perspective from the victims to the perpetrators - and
really adds an extra-layer of nihilism to the proceedings that way, as
presenting the villains of the piece as very reasonable people with no
real urgency of doing what they do gives things a really chilling
dimension, only heightened by their almost business-like attitudes. And
thanks so a clever and cleverly structured screenplay this shift of focus
works quite well, too - also helped by a subtle enough, suspense-heavy
directorial effort and a very solid cast, all making this a very cool
piece of genre cinema.
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