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Inner Demon
Australia 2014
produced by Sue Brown, Julie Byrne, Michael Robertson (executive), Stephen Cleary (executive) for Inner Demon Productions, South Australian Film Corporation
directed by Ursula Dabrowsky
starring Sarah Jeavons, Andreas Sobik, Kerry Ann Reid, Scarlett Hocking, Todd Telford, Emily Jeavons, Lucca Boyce, Katie Elizabeth Powell, Michael Tessari, Emily George
written by Ursula Dabrowsky, music by Michael Taylor, special effects makeup by Beverley Freeman
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Without any warning, teenaged Sam (Sarah Jeavons) is dragged from her
home one night, tied up, thrown into a car trunk, and driven out to the
middle of nowhere. She manages to free herself from her bonds during the
drive, and when the trunk's finally opened, she manages to make an escape
- and ultimately learns that a backwoods couple, Karl (Andreas Sobik) and
Denise (Kerry Ann Reid) have made her their latest victim for ... well,
whatever they intend to do with her, Sam just knows their intentions are
evil. Eventually, Sam manages to shake off the couple, and she reaches a
cabin ... only to find out it's Karl and Denise's cabin. Somehow she
manages to hide in a closet - which Karl locks eventually. Now she has
always known her situation is a grim one, but this is reinforced when Karl
kills one of his friends (Todd Telford) on a whim, then takes him apart as
if it was the most natural thing to do. What's even worse is that Sam is
gravely injured, and if she doesn't get help soon she'll bleed to death -
but leaving her hiding place is the one thing she doesn't dare to do. And
then she has to discover that her captors have also kidnapped her little
sister (Scarlett Hocking), probably the only person she loves more than
herself ... Inner Demon is a pretty tense and effective
horror thriller of the backwoods variety - and that said, its narrative as
such doesn't warrant any originality at all, it's pretty much horror
trimmed down to the bone, with a slightly far-fetched premise and little
effort made to make it more plausible (which of course means on the plus
side it doesn't bore the audience with explaining things away). What's
really appealing though is the way it's made, taking the perspective of
the lead victim Sam most of the time, showing large portions of the plot
merely through a hole in the cupboard's door and thus forcing the viewer
to identify with her more and more, but thankfully the film abandons this
approach whenever narratively needed, to create a full story rather than
relying on its approach alone. And as skeletal as the plot might be, I
have to repeat here, the movie's tense, plus a solid cast totally helps in
bringing it to life!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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