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Hank Boyd is Dead

USA 2016
produced by
Michael Hogan, Sean Melia, Donna Melia (executive), C.B. Danforth (execuutive), the syndicate (exectuive) for Bag Of Cats Productions
directed by Sean Melia
starring Stefanie E. Frame, David Christopher Wells, Liv Rooth, Michael Hogan, Carole Monferdini, Arthur Aulisi, Jo Young, Ron Rivera, Annie Chadwick, Casey Nicole Wright, Hillary Straney, Kam Metcalf, J. Dixon Byrne, Neil Magnuson
written by Sean Melia, music by Chase Horseman, songs by Joe Tex, Sean Melia, makeup and special effects by Morgue Anne, visual effects by Chase Gordon

review by
Mike Haberfelner

It should have been a really easy job for caterer Sarah (Stefanie E. Frame): The wake of Hank Boyd, a convicted killer who had taken his own life in his cell - after all, how many people would even show up to such an occasion? Plus, to clear the area of reporters and other curious onlookers, the neighbourhood is even cordoned off by the police, as Hank's brother David (David Christopher Wells) is actually with the police department. And he's actually the one who tries to send away Sarah as soon as humanly possible, but unfortunately his sister Aubrey (Liv Rooth) and his mom Beverly (Carole Monferdini) have other plans - and then Sarah overhears a conversation between David and deputy Ray (Michael Hogan) that suggests Hank might not at all have been the murderer everyone has taken him for but was killed by the police force in prison in what only looked like a suicide ... and before she knows it, Sarah finds herself all tied up in the basement, and her only saving grace is that everyone in the Boyd family plus cop Ray have different motives when it comes to her - problem is, none of these motives is particularly promising ...

 

Hank Boyd is Dead is quite simply ... a pretty great movie! Basically, it manages to take a tried and true genre formula and make it completely its own thanks to clever storytelling, placing surprises where you don't even expect to see them (a contradiction in terms I know, but watch the movie) and mixing terror and dark humour in a highly original manner that, more than anything else, is reminiscent of the best David Lynch "thrillers" (without being reminiscent in the least mind you). Now add to that an eerily elegant directorial effort and a first rate cast, and you've got ... nothing short of a bloody brilliant movie!

 

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