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The Dark Hours
DVD/APPROX. 80 MINS/2005/CANADA R18+
DVD/APPROX. 80 MINS/2005/CANADA R18+
Anchor Bay continue their sterling support of new indie horror flicks with The Dark Hours, one of those odd little obscurities that don't promise
anything only to take you completely by surprise. Having watched a lot of bad horror movie (shit bad, not funny bad) of late, I wasn't holding any
great hope for this one when it arrived in the mail.
I couldn't have been more wrong though, as it's one of the best movies I've watched all year. A creepy, clammy psycho flick with depth that sucks
you in from the start and hits you with twist after twist and a little stomach churning gore too!
Dr. Samantha Goodman decides to meet up with her author husband at their country cottage, where he is working against a deadline. Also there
is the doctor's little sister, acting as the assistant to the husband, who isn't as innocent as she first appears. Samantha has traveled there to
deliver some shattering news about her declining health.
Samantha works with sexually violent offenders in the penal system and it seems one of her patients, Harlan Payne, isn't happy with certain
unethical treatments that she meted out to him. He pays them all a little visit at their country retreat....it's going to be a long, grueling night.
From the very beginning this films offers shocks, though most are psychological in nature, which might irk the gore purists out there (wait ‘til the
end though). The film plays out over a very lean 78 minutes, offering plot twists and sadistic nastiness in equal measure, particularly during a
torture and mental torment based game of truth or dare in the second half.
The film works because it relies on strong characters you can care about, a trait it shares with Wolf Creek. Even the bad guys in this film are
complex, especially Harlan, who is likable and charismatic, despite being a monstrous rapist and general nut job. He provides the odd brief flash of
humour, which has the effect of setting the viewer off balance before the film strikes back with another spiteful shock.
Anyone with a weak constitution by warned, there's a bloody sequence with a pair of pliers that had me peeking through my hands...it' goes on
and on and it's vile so be careful!
This film won several awards at horror film festivals including the audience award at the Edinburgh Dead ByDawn Festival in 2005. For a debut
feature it is an electric, sure-fire future cult movie for all the right reasons.
anything only to take you completely by surprise. Having watched a lot of bad horror movie (shit bad, not funny bad) of late, I wasn't holding any
great hope for this one when it arrived in the mail.
I couldn't have been more wrong though, as it's one of the best movies I've watched all year. A creepy, clammy psycho flick with depth that sucks
you in from the start and hits you with twist after twist and a little stomach churning gore too!
Dr. Samantha Goodman decides to meet up with her author husband at their country cottage, where he is working against a deadline. Also there
is the doctor's little sister, acting as the assistant to the husband, who isn't as innocent as she first appears. Samantha has traveled there to
deliver some shattering news about her declining health.
Samantha works with sexually violent offenders in the penal system and it seems one of her patients, Harlan Payne, isn't happy with certain
unethical treatments that she meted out to him. He pays them all a little visit at their country retreat....it's going to be a long, grueling night.
From the very beginning this films offers shocks, though most are psychological in nature, which might irk the gore purists out there (wait ‘til the
end though). The film plays out over a very lean 78 minutes, offering plot twists and sadistic nastiness in equal measure, particularly during a
torture and mental torment based game of truth or dare in the second half.
The film works because it relies on strong characters you can care about, a trait it shares with Wolf Creek. Even the bad guys in this film are
complex, especially Harlan, who is likable and charismatic, despite being a monstrous rapist and general nut job. He provides the odd brief flash of
humour, which has the effect of setting the viewer off balance before the film strikes back with another spiteful shock.
Anyone with a weak constitution by warned, there's a bloody sequence with a pair of pliers that had me peeking through my hands...it' goes on
and on and it's vile so be careful!
This film won several awards at horror film festivals including the audience award at the Edinburgh Dead ByDawn Festival in 2005. For a debut
feature it is an electric, sure-fire future cult movie for all the right reasons.
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