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3 Demons
USA 2022
produced by D.M. Cunningham, Keith Golinski, Brian Hillard, Tara Cunningham (executive) for Talk Global Media, Night Prowler Video
directed by D.M. Cunningham
starring Peter Tell, Haley Heslip, Sherryl Despres, Laura Golinski, Jovonnah Nicholson, Zoe Cunningham, Laura Golinski, Stephani Fulks, Tara Cunningham, Haley Heslip
written by D.M. Cunningham, Peter Tell, music by Dreaming In Neon, special effects by D.M. Cunningham, Brian Hillard
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, rural USA: A woman (Laura Golinski)
has died under
very mysterious circumstances, but at the same time there's no indication
whatsoever that she was murdered - so what's for local police to do than
deploy one of their ranks, Fisher (Peter Tell), to stand guard over the
body until her family comes to pick her up. Sounds like an easy job,
right? But as soon as Fisher is left alone by his partner Winters (Haley
Heslip) at the scene of death, things start to happen with the body. Is it
just natural nervousness one tends to feel next to a dead body, is it
guilt over the only very recent death of his own wife (Jovannah Nicholson)
and child (Zoe Cunningham), or is it actual demonic possession. Thing is,
the body moves, shows up where it's not supposed to, wife and daughter
seem to not be as dead as they're supposed to, partner Winters returns to
look after Fisher every now and again, but she might not be as human as
expected, and the place's whole geography seems to be seriously off - and
how is Fisher supposed to stay sane admit all of this? Now I
have to admit, from a certain point rather early in the story, this is a
film that's only very hard to follow, from a strictly logical point of
view, as things that happen are contradicted, even taken back, by later
events, and what's actually "true" becomes more and more hazy
the longer the film goes - and that's really one of the qualities of the
movie, as it perfectly mirrors the confusion of its central character,
pretty much introduces us to his mindset. And that the film refuses to
explain things away at any point of its runtime - it even leaves one in
the dark what has happened to Fisher's wife and child - only works to this
end, which in turn creates a prett strong feel of unease, only augmented
by a atmosphere-heavy directorial effort, and a very engaging, properly
confused central performance by Peter Tell, helped by a very able small
ensemble cast. And all of this adds up to a pretty cool genre effort, off
the beaten path of demon horror, but all the better for it.
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