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Billy (Gabe Fazio) and Lisa (Augie Duke), who have been a couple for about a year, are planning on a romantic getaway to Billy's hometown for the weekend. Oddly enough, Lisa knows next to nothing about where and how Billy has grown up, other than he lost his parents at a young age. Once they're in town, actually more of a coastal two-horse village that mostly survives on tourism these days, Billy starts to act all strange, too, as if he was fearing something was following him. But then he makes a find that really throws him off balance, an old VHS home movie that shows two men following a couple to the hotel room he and Lisa are staying at and raping and murdering its occupants. Billy is so shocked he can't bring himself to tell Lisa about it, but he reports the thing to the police. Only when he wants to show the tape to Detective Mueller (Federico Castellucio), the tape is gone. Later, when the tape is found again, it turns out to be a blank, and Detective Mueller goes so far as to question Lisa about Billy's mental state. From a local though, Billy learns that what he saw on the tape might be related to a murder of some 30 years back - but when he wants to leave he finds his tires slashed. Of course, that could be a coincidence, but he's sure he's being followed. And the more he believes it, the more Lisa worries about his state of mind ...

A very unusual piece of mystery/horror, as this isn't a movie that offers easy (or at first glance even logical) answers but pretty much stays very close to its protagonist Billy, so much so that it favours his subjective perception over objective "reality" - which becomes especially (and intentionally) confusing when his perception might be "truer" than what everyone else sees. So in a way, this movie resembles much more a David Lynch film (without aping Lynch's style) than any traditional piece of horror. And thanks to a directorial effort that puts an emphasis on atmosphere, and a solid cast, this turns out to be a very enjoyable movie too (if your predilection's for the weird of course).

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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