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Meridith (Amanda Wyss) hasn't been out of the house in probably years, and all because of her father (Patrick Peduto), who needs 24 hour care ... or at least pretends he does. The only person other than her father Meridith even speaks to regularly is Tricia (Jamye Grant), the delivery girl from the local supermarket - but she has become so unused to social life she more often than not acts nothing short of rude despite Tricia's best efforts to make friends. Her father, a grumpy old man in his own right who does nothing rather than mocking Meridith for her flaws, only enforces her isolation, by threatening to call social services or even kill himself should she abandon him only for an hour. Tricia feels trapped and has pretty much given up on ever having a good life ... that is, until Ted (Malcolm Matthews) calls, her childhood sweetheart who has long moved out of town, but since he's passing through he asks if he may pay her a visit. Meridith gets all excited, and she starts daydreaming of Ted (though in her daydreams he's much younger and thus played by Brent Witt) and her having steamy sex and the like ... but her father won't have her go out with Ted at all and calls her names - and this ultimately pushes Meridith over the edge, and she drowns daddy in the bathtub and then dolls herself up for Ted ... who of course looks nothing like the dashing young lover in her fantasies and brings his wife for the date - and this is where Meridith starts to really lose it ...

Now one can't denie The Id is a bit of a slowburn shocker - but dang, it's a really creepy movie, and if you're ok with not being thrown into the "juicy parts" of the story in the first five minutes, you'll very much enjoy the well-structured narrative of the film and its meticulous yet subtle build-up to utter disaster. Now add to that a brilliant cast and a properly atmospheric directorial effort, and you've got yourself one fine movie!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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