Mary
(Danielle IL Grande) is convinced that
her husband Henry (Chris Cooke) is trying
to kill her! For the last few days he
changed a lot and became aggressive,
shouting her obscenities and menacing
her.
Mary found recomfort in the hands of Carl
(Ted McGee), the husband of her friend
Dolores (Felissa Rose) who happens to be
out on vacation.
After Henry leaves for god knows where,
Mary calls Carl and asks him to comeby,
which he agreed to do as he was aware
that she is frightened.
A few minutes later the door bell rings
but its not Carl but his wife Dolores. It
looks like she decided to come back
sooner. Dolores can see that things arent
looking great for Mary but Mary don't
wanna say anything. She finally does tell
Dolores who's seem kinda surprise that
her husband is part of this whole story.
Henry then returns who decided to come
back and make dinner for Mary and Dolores
and to forget about his obnoxious
behaviour.
Carl hasn't made it yet and Mary gets
suspicious to where he is. But Dolores
assure her that he will be there. He
brings dinner home as the meal is a
shocking surprise!
An average 15
minute short film but yet it can inspire
independent film directors to make a
simple story mainly based in a house
which can save alot of money.
The film is almost a take on those old
fashioned Boris Karloff and Bela
Lugosi type horror thrillers.
It is mysterious to wonder what's going
to happen but it's a bore when the
mystery is revealed.
The acting is
average in this film but not over the top
terrible.
Chris Cooke was not too bad with
his role in the film as an obnoxious
prick in the film as he shows some
intimidating moments.
This was Felissa Rose's comeback
to underground film acting since her role
in Sleepaway Camp and
after this film led a successful career
in other independent horror films who is
just average with her performance as she
never achieved to be a character in shows
and tries to hard.
Danielle Il Grande is a little too
over the top when she shows her paranoid
attitude.
A person is
butchered into a meal towards the end of
the film which truly looks gruesome.
Also Delore's pours blood into two wine
glasses.
The directing is
not too bad for a short film like this as
Terrence Smith truly knows how to
make it an unsolved mystery in the
beginning of it.
There are good shots on Chris Cooke
walking down the stairs as well as
showing him preparing to leave the house
as welll as a good shot on Danielle
Il Grande lying near a floor
sobbing.
Grande is a little too much when she
panicks on the phone but Ted McGee
who is on the other line seems to do well
trying to calm her down.
There's a dialogue between Danielle
Il Grande and Felissa Rose sitting
on a couch talking about an issue.
Grande certainly showed nice nervous
and troubled expressions but yet the
setting looks like a dull typical daytime
soap opera.
Rose seems to try and be too
forceful asking Grande who she
called up when is hesitant to let out any
names.
A good reaction on Cooke after
finding out about having a suitcase
borrowed and almost acting like he's
going into a rage again.
A nice shot on Grande standing
there with a loud frightened scream.
Good shots on Rose stabbing
Grande and screaming but it doesn't look
as scary as it's intended to be.
There is a good shot on Rose and
Cooke when they drink blood from
a wine glass.
The music was
composed by Thomas DeRenzo which
was nothing really special but some piano
sounds but does well for the opening
credits of the film.
He also composed music for many other
indie films most notably a 2001 feature
titled Nutcracker
starring David Hess.
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