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When the car of Alan (Jonathan R.Skocik) and Suzan (Melanie
D'Alessandro) breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they think they are
lucky to find a house nearby where they also meet a quintet of young and
friendly hikers, who promise to help them ... but then the Traveler (Shawn
Burke) arrives, and he promises to torture all but one of them to death,
and sarcastically gives them the chance to vote for who's going to be
tortured to death next. Now that doesn't sound particularly threatening,
since the traveler is facing seven opponents, but he has supernatural
powers and everything, so he pretty much cannot be defeated, and as if
that wasn't enough, the house is also closed off of the rest of the world,
and one of the group (Sam Clutter) soon has to realize that when he wants
to make a getaway and gets his face literally burnt off. Eventually, the
group is decimated and the voting process is more painful with each round,
all the more so as the Traveler plays his victims one against the other.
Eventually, our heroes try to kill the Traveler, but he simply cannot be
killed (even though he gets his head shot off and everything). Ultimately,
only three are left, Suzan and Alan and Dan (David L.Penn) - when a fight
breaks out between Alan and Dan and Alan kills him in self defense. Then
the Traveler shows up and forces Alan to torture Suzan to death. Alan does
so because what the Traveler could do would be far worse, but almost goes
out of his mind while at it (and can you blame him). Alan has won, but
what has he won? An eternal life within the house, with nothing but the
corpses of the others to accompany him. And Suzan has gone to hell, to
become a creature of the Traveler, who of course turns out to be the devil
himself in the end. One thing up front: The imagery of this
film is extremely graphic, and the ways to torture people writer/director
Jonathan R.Skocik has come up with are definitely nothing for weak
stomachs - yet the film as such is more than mere torture porn, it
actually does feature an interesting, original and macabre storyline that
even takes an ironic swipe at reality TV shows (the voting process) and
that remains atmospheric throughout, even though it was clearly done on a
tight budget. Yet, The Traveler is not a perfect film, its actors
are mediocre at best, some of the effects could have used a bit more work
and the sets are not always convincing - but still, the film shows a lot
of promise, and despite its shortcomings it easily blows many bigger
budget genre films right out of the water ...
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