Hot Picks
|
|
|
|
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Ever since they've lost their daughter (Clementine Jane Simpson) in an
accident, a husband (Joe Gallagher) and his wife (Helena Simon) can't see
eye to eye with one another anymore - so a couples therapy seems to be the
logical step to take. And their therapist is nothing if not radical in his
suggestion to remedy the situation: A couples retreat, only the two of
them in a very roomy home in the middle of nowhere, with no internet or
cellphone service, but wonderful nature all around - and as a special
catalysator, the good doctor also hands them psychotropic pills, to take
one a day to really get things moving. But once out couple is at the
retreat, one's quick to notice their relationship has been broken long
before the loss of their daughter, and the two hardly ever want the same
things anymore seemingly out of spite - they can't even agree on whether
or not to take the pills the doctor has ordered. As a consequence, things
quickly get out of order, and confessions from both parties lead to
violence and murder - but how much is true when both partners might or
might not have been under the influence? Now admittedly, above
synopsis is much too factual to do Abject any actual justice, as
the film rather masterfully switches between different layers of reality,
is often more associative than chronological in approach, and rather
nicely works haunted house mainstays into the plot without them feeling
stale or out of place. On top of that, the film makes very nice use of its
almost artsy main location, incorporatint its style into the narration
rather beautifully. And an able, relatable skeleton cast playing out a
beneath all its oddness relatable screenplay helps making this a very cool
and rather unique piece of genre cinema.
|
|
|
review © by Mike Haberfelner
|
Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned) |
The links below will take you just there!!!
|
|
|
Thanks for watching !!!
|
|
|
Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
|